A Darkness at Sethanon

The Kingdom of the Isles faces invasion from the north. Prince Arutha fakes his own death and rides toward Murmandamus, who now leads the Moredhel horde.

Elsewhere, Pug and Tomas range across the world in search of Macros the Black, a sorcerer who has vanished. He may be the one man able to grasp what the enemy truly wants.

Murmandamus's host is after the Lifestone, a relic of vast power that lies under the town of Sethanon. Cities fall along the northern border, and Arutha has to keep a divided kingdom together while the war presses south.

This is high fantasy set in the world of Midkemia, mixing war, court intrigue and magic. It closes the Riftwar Saga and continues from Silverthorn. Where Magician is split into two volumes, it counts as book four.

The three separate quests, the prince's, the magician's and the warrior's, head toward the same place. At Sethanon the fate of the kingdom is decided.