Ruwenda is a pleasant, peaceful land-but the magic of its guardian, the Archimage Binah, is waning. Binah must pass along her protectorship to the triplet princess of Ruwenda. She bestows upon the infant girls the power of the rare and mystical Black Trillium-badge of the royal house, symbol of an ancient magic. While the sisters blossom into beautiful young women, neighboring Labornok use a dark magician to sunder Binah's protection. As invaders pour into Ruwenda, the Archimage orders the princesses to flee-and changes them to search for three magical talismans which when brought together will be their only chance to regain their kingdom and free its people. Each must accomplish her task separately-and to succeed, each must also confront and conquer the limits of her own soul.

Twelve years after the princesses Haramis, Kadiya, and Anigel vanquish the sorcerer Orogastus, Haramis' talisman reveals a grave threat to the unity of the sisters and the future of Ruwenda. Reprint.

The creation of three of fantasy's stellar talents, the Trillium Saga is a tour de force of magic, mystery, and romance. Now best-selling author Andre Norton picks up the story she began with Julian May and Marion Zimmer Bradley—a story that continues with a perilous quest into darkness. . .Once the famed triplet princess who defeated the evil sorcerer Orogastus, Kadiya ventures forth into the choked swamp lands of Ruewena to seek her own destiny among the Oddlings she once led in battle. Armed with her mystical three-eyed sword, she reaches the lost city of the Vanished Ones and discovers a strange race of dream-catchers, called Hassitti, whose visions bring chilling warning of a lethal plague that sows the land with death. Now Kadiya, with only three comparisons to aid her, journeys into the Thorny Hell, realm of the cannibalistic saurian Skritek, to stop the carrier of the evil disease. Here they discover a portal leading to a universe of awesome darkness—an entranceway to a horror that threatens the very existence of The World Of The Three Moons .

Approaching her older years, Haramis, the Archimage of Ruwenda, faces the challenge of naming her successor, an individual whom she desperately wishes to train and prepare for the responsibilities of the kingdom

Three sister-princesses . . . three magical talismans . . . one chance to save a world from utter SKY TRILLIUM! In the World of the Three Moons, an unknown evil stirs . . . and severe earthquakes, widespread volcanic eruptions, and disastrous weather rock the land . . . Only the legendary Sky Trillium—made from the three talismans of the princesses Kadiya, Anigel, and Haramis—can heal the ancient wounds of the world. But Anigel's is missing, and Kadiya's talisman has lost its potency. Yet even if the sisters are able to regain all three of the talismans, will they be strong enough to control the awesome magic of the Sky Trillium? Encounter the wondrous world of the Black Trillium, originally created by three of fantasy's stellar Julian May, André Norton, and Marion Zimmer Bradley.