As the onset of war approaches, Elfins, Faers, Gargoyles and Humans flock to Magus Reddak Locc. Only some of the errants oppose his authority in the name of their absent king, Brodin, who Reddak considers a mere nuisance. That is until Britin and Brodin's most guarded secret alters the man he once believed himself to be.Racked with excruciating pain from an incurable poison in his blood, discovering the people he cares about are not who or what they...