"We - the Tenabrans - we stood before the Dark. We were among the first. Tell your children that. And picture this: the castle of Ys, the outer faces of its walls washed with golden fire. Flame gushed out of the sluices to light and to burn the Dark, and the night was wicked with flying steel and thick with magic..." A sword maiden, a small Tenebran force and a young man called Will de Parkin: together they must defeat the unnatural armies of the Dark, and save the castle of Ys.

Back in Tenabra after the siege of Ys, Ensign Silvus de Castro and his squire Will de Parkin are soon the unwilling guests of Prince Nathan and his chief enforcer Georghe de Barras. They share their prison with the mysterious Master Grames = alias the Great Wandini - and his lovely assistant Arienne. Prince Nathan's interest in Silvus and Grames? Magic, the Dark magic he needs to extend his empire... The sequel to A Dark Winter and the second volume of the Tenabran Trilogy.

As the armies of Prince Nathan mass on the Moors, Will Parkin, Silvus de Castro and the sword-maidens prepare to defend Waycastle and the Order lands. Meanwhile, Nathan is pressing into service a street urchin - the girl-mage Asta - for this, the final battle. He will go to the Dark to win. The third volume and epic conclusion to The Tenabran Trilogy