The magician's eyes gleamed with emerald hellfires as he looked at the council of nine. "Let us enact upon Thongor of Valkarth the most terrible punishment conceivable to the human intelligence...the eternal slavery of the soul to Chaos." If the curse is carried out, Thongor's body and soul will suffer throughout eternity. But much more than only Thongor's fate is at stake. The Magicians of Zaar plan the conquest of the whole of Lemuria—and only Thongor stands in their way. Can Thongor's mighty sword keep his world from being enslaved by the sinister servants of Chaos?