Following the events of A Dragon’s Ascension, Hawkril the mighty warrior, Embra the beautiful sorceress, and Craer the crafty thief mourn their lost companion. But now they must forge new alliances in their roles as overdukes of Aglirta, a land that has been torn asunder by double-crossing royals, savage warlords, and sinister high priests. The kingdom is threatened by a mystical berserker plague that is promoting anarchy among the citizenry. Meanwhile, serpentine acolytes move in the shadows to try and resurrect a new Serpent. Will a new Dragon rise to vanquish it? The fate of Aglirta lies in balance in this triumphant conclusion of the Band of Four cycles.
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“Amazing and indescribable…thrilling action…fantastic magic…fast paced with an enormous barrage of pyrotechnics…all the genius of Greenwood action with all the genius of Greenwood characterization.”
— Dragon
“Ed Greenwood is a master of fantasy adventure world-building.”
— New York Times bestselling author Margaret Weis“Greenwood continues to give his audience exactly what they want: [a] fast, furious read.”
— Publisher’s Weekly“Every bit as good as its predecessors…The book’s many conflicts and their resolutions are never simple-minded, and altogether this is a most respectable wrap-up to a highly readable saga.”
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Ed Greenwood is the bestselling author of hundreds of novels, game products, and articles. His most recent novel for Wizards of the Coast is The City of Splendors, a collaboration with Elaine Cunningham. He is also the author of the Band of Four novels, and creator of the Forgotten Realms setting.
Simon Vance (a.k.a. Robert Whitfield) is an award-winning actor and narrator. He has earned more than fifty Earphones Awards and won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration thirteen times. He was named Booklist’s very first Voice of Choice in 2008 and has been named an AudioFile Golden Voice as well as an AudioFile Best Voice of 2009. He has narrated more than eight hundred audiobooks over almost thirty years, beginning when he was a radio newsreader for the BBC in London. He is also an actor who has appeared on both stage and television.