from the publisher: On the world of Athera, the fate of all realms hangs on the resolution of the brutal conflict born of prince against prince. Branded a minion of evil-escaping the death sentance imposed by his half-brother Lysaer and his Alliance of Light-Arithon, Master of Shadowow faces the last choice remaining to him, in the merciless winter wilds: to cast his lot with a renegade enchanter whom Arithon dares not trust...or die by the swords of fanatical enemies.

Third Book of the Alliance of Light