First Edition. A fine copy in a near fine condition dust jacket. Some light rubs at the upper edge of the front panel.

In a world of shifting realities, two warriors begin a deadly quest for truth.... It is winter in Everien. The land is under the thumb of the Pharician warlord Tash, and the Clans are thrown into rebellion. Tash will stop at nothing to exploit the mysterious Knowledge of the lost Everiens, to produce terrible weapons seen only in the visions of young Impressionists. Still, the Pharicians cannot control the Clans ... or vanquish the Sekk. Meanwhile, in Istar's homeland a winged skeleton has been discovered—unearthing an ancient legend and rousing a bloodthirsty Sekk warrior who will prove to be Istar's greatest challenge. In the midst of these struggles, an ancient Everien skyfalcon, long thought to be extinct, has arrived in Jai Khalar bearing a cryptic message that will transform Everien forever. The mystery of the skyfalcon is bound with the fate of Tarquin the Free—lost between reality and Everien's past with his elusive love, Jaya Paradox—and with Tarquin's dark foe, Night, who haunts an Everien riddled by war, love, magic, and time itself.

In a land torn apart by evil and time, a woman warrior emerges as the only hope for survival... Everien is in chaos, ravaged by a voracious timeserpent that can tunnel through earth and time itself—calling forth terrifying monsters from the depths of Everien’s past and leaving barriers of time distortion in its wake. The Pharician warlord Tash and his conquering armies have been thrown into confusion by the timeserpent’s attack and now must battle both the growing rebellion of the Clans and the stubborn inconstancy of this newborn world. But the key to victory in Everien is the ability to pass through the timeserpent’s barriers and navigate the shifting sands of the land’s memory. To do that, the woman warrior Istar must harness the power of the fearsome Sekk and the sorcery of the ancient and elusive skyfalcon. Only then will she reunite her land and triumph over Everien’s haunting past. Yet Istar must first learn the truth about herself—and tread a path fraught with heartbreak and peril—if she is to knit herself, her companions, and Everien back together again.