The novel begins during the events in the book Legend. The story is cut short as the Nadir hordes approach, but Druss – stating that he hates being interrupted during a story – promises to continue it after the battle.Īt the Fifth Fellowship Games, Sieben the Poet and Drenai ambassador Mojan are watching Druss' bout with a Lentrian champion. He considers deserting, but is encouraged to stand and fight by Druss the Legend, who begins recounting the tale of his participation in the Fifth Fellowship Games. The defenders have already been pushed back to Wall Three.
Pellin, a young Drenai sentry, nervously stands on the ramparts during Ulric's siege of Dros Delnoch. The prologue is set during the events of Legend. They cannot lose: five thousand men against a handful of savages and a renegade Drenai warrior.īut the savages are led by one of the most brilliant strategists of the day. Garen-Tsen, the sadistic power behind the Gothir throne, believes the magical gems will lead him to glory, and sends the elite soldiers of the Gothir army to sack the Shrine and defeat the few defenders. With him rides the beautiful Zhusai, a mystic tormented by the ghost of a long-dead Nadir queen.īut others desire the secret of the jewels. Talisman, a mysterious and enigmatic Nadir warrior, rides out to the Shrine of Oshikai Demon-bane, seeking the legendary eyes of Alchazzar, twin jewels of enormous power that will light the path to the Uniter. Under the brutal oppression of the Gothir, the Nadir tribes dream of the Uniter, the Great One, who will bring the tribes together, and end their centuries of torment.īut for one man it is more than a dream.
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