Dark and powerful forces threaten the world of Garn once
more in this second novel in legendary New York Times bestselling author
Raymond E. Feist's epic fantasy series, the Firemane Saga.
"This is a knockout."-- Publishers Weekly (starred
review)
Hatushaly and his young wife Hava have arrived in the
prosperous trading town of Beran's Hill to restore and reopen the fire-damaged
Inn of the Three Stars. They are also preparing for the popular midsummer
festival, where their friends Declan and Gwen will be wed.
But Hatu and Hava are not the ordinary loving couple they
appear to be. They are assassins from the mysterious island of Coaltachin, home
to the powerful and lethal Nocusara, the fearsome "Hidden Warriors." Posing as
innkeepers, they are awaiting instructions from their masters in the Kingdom of
Night.
Hatu conceals an even more dangerous secret. He is the last
remaining member of the legendary Firemanes, the ruling family of Ithrace. Known
as the Kingdom of Flames, Ithrace was one of the five greatest realms of
Tembria, ruled by Hatu's father, Stervern Langene, until he and his people were
betrayed. His heir, Hatu--then a baby--was hidden among the Nocusara, who raised
him to become a deadly spy.
Hatu works hard to hide his true identity from all who would
seek to use or to destroy him, as fate has other plans for the noble warrior.
Unexpected calamity forces him to make choices he could not have dreamed
awaited him.
A series of horrific events shatters the peace of Beran's
Hill, bringing death and devastation and unleashing monstrous forces. Once
more, the Greater Realms of Tembria are threatened--and nothing will ever be the
same again.
