In the south, Inevera, Jardir’s first wife, must find a way to keep their sons from killing one another and plunging their people into civil war as they strive for glory enough to make a claim on the throne.
Built from the skulls of fallen generals and demon princes, it is a seat of honor and ancient, powerful magic, keeping the demon corelings at bay. But Arlen Bales, the Warded Man, stood against this course, challenging Jardir to a duel he could not in honor refuse. From atop the throne, Ahmann Jardir was meant to conquer the known world, forging its isolated peoples into a unified army to rise up and end the demon war once and for all. Only Renna Bales may know more about the fate of the missing men, but she, too, has disappeared.