Spread to the corners of the world, Ayla, Ward, Cade, and Riona race against time to find the last pieces of the magical seod cro? before Eoghan does. Freshly returned from the troll realm, Queen Ayla faces the mounting problems at the southern border. The Konevellians have stopped all shipments, and things are getting dire. She sends Ward to negotiate a peace deal - when he discovers the country seems primed to invade. Now the former...