Book description
Reeling from the battle at Carris, the young king Gaborn Val Orden
finds that he has lost the powers that let him protect his people. As he
struggles to rid his land of reavers, he discovers that the creatures
are more resourceful and terrifying than even he imagined. Desperate for
any weapon that will aid him in this battle, all of his hopes come to
rest upon the nine-year-old girl, Averan, the Wizardborn apprentice to
the earth wizard Binnesman. Despite her fears, he must convince her to
lead him in battle against the reaver lord of the underworld. Meanwhile
the ailing Wolf Lord, Raj Ahten, learns that a reaver horde is
decimating his own homeland. There, he confronts his enemy, and finds
that he must choose to strip himself of all humanity or face ultimate
defeat . . . David Farland has worked as a prison guard, missionary,
business manager, technical writer and pie maker, but now writes
full-time. He lives in Utah with his wife and five children.
