The world is crumbling.
Having joined the Warden Priestess Yalenna, Rostigan now faces not only those Wardens who remain bent on steeping Aorn in ruin ... but also must, somehow, heal the world by closing the Wound in the Great Spell.
Standing in his way is a superhuman, pitiless army commanded by a madman, a sky full of silkjaws, and, worst of all, an old friend, once betrayed, who he must now convince to join him again.
There is only one thing for it - Rostigan must break an ancient oath and use powers he has dared not touch - powers which could tip the balance in favour of the spreading corruption.
