Telmaine works to save Ishmael from destruction and to learn what has happened to her husband Balthasar. The fragile alliance between the Darkborn and Lightborn is in peril. Floria Whitehand will work to rescue her prince while the sorcerers condemn the Darkborn. The Darkborn will have to prove that they were not involved in the death of the King of the Lightborn.

Both Ishmael and Balthasar will travel to the lands of the Shadowborn to seek to end the conflict between two sorceresses who would engulf all the lands in war. Balthasar will be forced to do the bidding of his own nephew who wields great power but has no control over it. At the same time, he will try to prevent the catastrophe that he senses is coming.

Never ending action and political intrigue will keep the reader interested until the last page. Ms. Sinclair has built an interesting world which barely keeps its balance between the differences of the peoples created by The Curse. She left the ending open for future books but I was sorry to see this trilogy end.

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