Publisher's Synopsis
First volume of a thrilling fantasy adventure from this stylish new author.
Eriador is a land enslaved by the Wizard-King Greensparrow. Luthien Bedwyr, like the rest of the ruling nobles, is blind to the repression, until he's falsely accused of murder.
As he flees the King's monstrous avengers, Luthien discovers his nobility earns him few favours, until he's taken in by the highway-halfling, Oliver deBurrows, and a mysterious mage. Luthien's exile suddenly turns into a quest to steal a mystical prize from a dragon's hoard; and his notoriety acts as a rallying cry for freedom fighters.
But Luthien is a reluctant hero, one whose growing powers are even more deadly than the Wizard-King he seeks to destroy.
