Magic at its peak! It will soon be the Night of the Eye, a rare time when all three moons align in high sanction over the lands of Krynn. On the eve of Guerrand DiThon's political marriage to a rival family, the young noble is visited by a strange, powerful mage who knows more about him than he does himself. Seduced by promises of wizardly might, Guerrand slips away beneath the triple moons and journeys for the Tower of Wayreth. No one thinks he will survive the deadly trek to the tower, but he does. It's only then that Guerrand realizes that he has made many enemies in his journey. One of these foes would not only see Guerrand dead, but the three orders of sorcery destroyed with him.

When the village of Thonville blames his missing uncle, a brave sorcerer and the High Defender of Bastion, for a strange plague that has afflicted the town, Bram sets out to discover the real source of the sickness

When disharmony between the forces of good and evil once again threaten the survival of magic on Krynn, young Lord Guerrand DiThon is pitted against his former friend, the renegade wizard Lyim. Original. 75,000 first printing.