Their futures have been foretold… Killop knows his destiny, but the enslaved warrior could not be further from it. Captured by a powerful race descended from reptiles, the forked tongues of the Rahain are not the only legacies of their heritage; the Rahain elite are cold-blooded tyrants who will stop at nothing to stay on top. Together with a battle mage in exile, an old politician, and a refugee who possesses the darkest powers of all, can a slave overturn the balance of power in the Magelands? Having arrogantly ruled the world for centuries, the Rahain now face their greatest test – will they withstand the prophecies that threaten to bring their civilisation down… …or will fate destroy them?