He was born in the flames of a fire beyond imagining, untouched as all around him the great forest blackened and shrivelled in the flames... Taws the Merciless!
It is a time of prophecies fulfilled, as a mysterious being with terrifying powers comes forth from an inferno to unite the warring barbarian tribes of thee North against the Three Kingdoms: Tamur, Kesh and Ust-Galich. Hope for the Kingdoms lies in the birth of Kedryn Caitin, whom the Holy Sisterhood of Kyrie believe to be the champion whose coming is foretold in their sacred book. But Taws also knows of the boy's existence, and as his armies cut a bloody swath across the peaceful land, Kedryn and his kin come even nearer his merciless grasp...