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A great power is rising in the wilderness, an ancestral power which appears only to the verrul, the wild masters of the mountains and forests. It has called to the Rale, the spiritual leaders of men, but they have defied the appeal.
Jed has been given a message by the verrul, but does not yet realize its importance. Conscripted into labor by the Serandians, he seeks only an escape.
Lars and Bela's time in the wilderness grows short. Bela must make a decision, whether to return to the kingdoms, or let his stepmother give the land to the Serandians and the Rale.
The masters of Cileria covet the verrul power most of all, and Viviarel, an apprentice to one of the immortal masters, learns this and darker secrets that push her to abandon her teachers.
Tull, sharlkan bane and hero of the New Territories, has found a new purpose, and her name is Danitha. She is the commander of the third column, a rebellious woman determined to change the fate of her land.
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