Landing in Lord Daylon’s provinces, he hopes to start anew. Yet this precious knowledge is also deadly, and Declan is forced to leave his home to safeguard his life. Blessed with intelligence and skill, he unlocks the secret to forging King’s Steel, the apex of a weapon maker’s trade known by very few. Years later, another orphan of mysterious provenance, a young man named Declan, earns his Masters rank as a weapons smith. A cunning and patient man, Daylon decides to keep the baby’s existence secret, and sends him to be raised on the Island of Coaltachin, home of the so-called Kingdom of Night, where the powerful and lethal Nocusara, the “Hidden Warriors,” legendary assassins and spies, are trained.

When an abandoned infant is found hidden in Daylon’s pavilion, he realizes that the child must be the missing heir of the slain Steveren. As war engulfs the world, Ithrace is destroyed and the Greater Realms of Tembria are thrust into a dangerous struggle for supremacy.Īs a Free Lord, Baron Daylon Dumarch owes allegiance to no king. But the balance of power is destroyed when four of the kingdoms violate an ancient covenant and betray the fifth: Ithrace, the Kingdom of Flames, ruled by Steveren Langene, known as “the Firemane” for his brilliant red hair. He is the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed Riftwar Saga.įor centuries, the five greatest kingdoms of North and South Tembria, twin continents on the world of Garn, have coexisted in peace. Feist was educated at the University of California, San Diego, where he graduated with honours in Communication Arts. His Riftwar and Serpentwar Sagas have been global bestsellers for years.īorn and raised in Southern California, Raymond E.

Feist is one of the world’s leading fantasy writers.

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