When Conor Mac Manahan joins a caravan to protect its mysterious cargo, his adopted son Rhoyd senses something wrong. Rhoyd is the Ard Magister, the one mageborn who will someday destroy the evil plaguing this world, but he’s young and inexperienced. Nevertheless, he senses magic being flung about, and demons are converging on the caravan. But enemies can be friends and friends can be enemies—who can he possibly trust when dealing with an evil so ancient and vile that is threatens to rip apart the very fabric of the world?
When Conor Mac Manahan joins a caravan to protect its mysterious cargo, his adopted son Rhoyd senses something wrong. Rhoyd is the Ard Magister, the one mageborn who will someday destroy the evil plaguing this world, but he’s young and inexperienced. Nevertheless, he senses magic being flung about, and demons are converging on the caravan. But enemies can be friends and friends can be enemies—who can he possibly trust when dealing with an evil so ancient and vile that is threatens to rip apart the very fabric of the world?