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The Dwrgi folk and the dragons come to the aid of Prince Dar and his people, to battle the Horsekin and prevent them from moving into the Ghostlands, in the latest tale in the Deverry fantasies.

"A dagger laid against our throat." Such is the description Prince Dar of the Weslands uses for Zakh Gral, a new fortress built by the Horsekin, the ancient enemies of his people. To help him destroy this threat, the elven prince has called upon his allies: the dwarven folk of the northern mountains and the human men of Deverry to the east. Their leaders know that if the Westlands fall to the Horsekin, their own throats will feel that dagger next....

In Deverry the volatile history of humanity continues as a dashing young king journeys to his throne in disguise, fulfilling an ancient prophecy. In the Westlands the exiled lord Rhodry travels anonymously as a silver dagger - a mercenary - as he did in his youth, following a destiny that will take him from the grassy plains of the elven peoples to the hills and towns of Deverry, where dark forces are gathering. And from the shadowy land of the Guardians...

Agents of the Dark Brotherhood try to poison the minds of the people of Deverry.

When Lord Rhodry's lost lover urges him to accept his eleven heritage, they journey to the Westlands to discover how his fate is connected with Elcyion Lacar.

Centuries later, in the city of Cerr Cawnen, the old evil awakens yet again when the sorceress Raena schemes to destroy Rhodry Maelwaedd, her bitter enemy during life after life. But her malice will draw the intervention of astral powers-and unleash the ravaging rage of Rhodry's guardian dragon. Only another untried dweomer can buy safety of rthe city and the berserker himself-and only at a most fearsome price ...