Whew! The last book, Sorcerer of the North, left us hanging with Alyss a prisoner of the traitor Lord Keren, and Horace in disguise, on his way to join Will and offer any help he might need.
Our heroes, whom we first met as orphans setting out to find their destinies, are adults now and charged with serious responsibilities. The brutal Scotti are poised to invade the kingdom of Araluen, using Castle Macindaw as their base of operations, and Keren plans to take his profits and run off to a far away kingdom where he will live in comfort and no one will care that he betrayed his own kin, his duty, and his king.
Keren and the bullies he brings in to replace the loyal guardsmen of Castle Macindaw have no idea what they're up against, with Will the Ranger, Horace the knight already making a legend for himself, and clever Alyss, the courier. Plus a ship full of stranded Skandian warriors looking for a good fight, and the healer Malcolm who uses the legend of an ancient, cruel sorcerer to protect his little village of castoffs from society. Science and imagination and Ranger cleverness combine to use the superstitions and arrogance of others as weapons against them, and defend Araluen from the disaster that could result from one seemingly insignificant castle on the northern border falling into enemy hands.
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