The lands of the Northwest are laid waste, the people scattered. In the wake of devastating betrayal, the Sons of Ilswythe reel to find a foothold. With his home in ruins, Kelyn must learn fast how to fight a foe he does not understand. Refugees from across Aralorr flee Lothiar’s atrocities and gather to Kelyn’s banner, desperate for a leader willing to make a stand. But is his ragtag army enough to hold back Lothiar’s bloodthirsty horde? In secret, Thorn Kingshield experiments with perilous energies in an attempt to develop a new kind of magic. Success will supply him with a new weapon that may enable him to decimate the ogre hordes. Failure may cost him the very thing that makes him avedra—and unleash the evils of the Abyss. Meanwhile, Carah struggles with the heartache that comes with being a healer. While she tends to the wounds of the dying, she is torn between the love of a pearl fisher and the hopes of a king. An arduous search for his family leads Laral into the ogre-infested fastnesses of the Drakhan Mountains. And Lothiar is haunted by the whispers of a dragon … … as the Falcons Saga continues in Cry of the Falcon.