After a millennium of peace in which much Magick has vanished from the world, Bisochim, a powerful Wild Mage, launches a campaign to reintroduce Darkness into the world, opposed only by Tiercel, a young Armethalian nobleman and would-be High Mage, and Harrier, future Harbormaster of Armethalieh and reluctant hero, in a sequel to The Obsidian Trilogy. 100,000 first printing.