To the forest on the shore of the Kingdom of the Isles, the orphan called Pug came to study with the master magician Kulgan. But though his courage won him a place at court and the heart of a lovely Princess, he was ill at ease with the normal ways of wizardry. Yet Pug's strange sort of magic would one day change forever the fates of two worlds. For dark beings from another world had opened a rift in the fabric of spacetime to begin again the age-old...

When his wife is murdered by ruthless raiders, Declan Smith, hellbent on revenge, joins forces with a man on the same mission, while Hava, whose gift for piracy has earned the name of "The Sea Demon," closes in on those who unleashed the murderous hordes. Ruthless raiders have massacred the inhabitants of Beran's Hill, including Gwen, wife of Declan Smith. Hollow of heart, his hopes burned to ashes, Declan swears to track down and destroy the raiders,...

Pug, a sorcerer, searches for the meaning of a prophetic nightmare that portends the destruction of the world of Midkemia, while two young brothers, untrained and unprepared, become a part of the Conclave of Shadows.

As the clouds of war gather and the final battle for Midkemia begins, the Kesh's invading hordes descend upon the Kingdom, and the magician Pug must harness his magic and wisdom to save them all from a new threat that could destroy the alliance.

"New York Times" bestselling author Raymond E. Feist delivers the thrilling conclusion to his explosive Darkwar Trilogy. To save the future of both empires, the powerful sorcerer Pug and the Conclave of Shadows journey into the Dasati homeworld. There they encounter a disturbing young stranger whose secrets may prove more important than Pug knows.