Hailed as "a sweeping saga, spiced with exciting, unexpected plot twists" (Publishers Weekly), Judith Tarr's richly imagined Avaryan fantasy series has gained a broad and devoted following. Now Tarr offers her many fans a stunning new chapter in this majestic epic. A wave of utter darkness and implacable evil sweeps across a thousand worlds, turning souls without number into mute, blind slaves. Now this dark tide threatens the Golden Empire, and not even the awesome powers of Lady Merian, heir of Avaryan, can halt its advance.
Only Daros, a wild and reckless young mage who has captured Merian's heart, dares to confront this vast evil, risking his life and his sanity to protect his world from the chill of endless night.
