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Cover art:Tom Canty
Blurb: “
As two mighty kings struggle for dominance in the legendary Elder Isles - land of faery shees, valiant knights and sorcerers who wield influence as well as magic - a mysterious and beautiful green pearl travels from
hand to hand, spreading destruction in its wake...
King Casmir of Lyonesse has one driving ambition: to sit on the throne Evandig as lord of all the Elder Isles.
Aillas, King of Troicinet and now of South Ulfland as well, is determined to thwart Casmir's plans. To do so, he must assert his own authority by protecting his new territories from the scheming barons and from the predatory Ska, a race of fiercely xenophobic warriors who have ravaged the Ulf-lands for generations.
Weeding out the treacherous no-bles, Aillas prepares to fight the Ska with an Ulfish army strengthened by Troice discipline and fair reward. Yet while his initial efforts are successful, he risks disaster by impulsively riding off alter an escaping Ska lady - Tatzel, who had first aroused his interest long ago when he was a slave in her father's house.
Separated from his army, Aillas is forced to take his captive - as dangerous as any of her male kin - on a hazardous journey across Ska-in-fested North Ulfland in hopes of reach…