Joram and his wife, Gwendolyn, return from beyond the Border to reclaim their rightful place in Merilon. Rejoined by Saryon, Mosiah and Simkin, Joram must confront the evil sorcerer, Menju, and his army of Technologists in a final apocalyptic battle to fulfill the ancient prophecy of the Darksword—to either save the world...or destroy it.
Born without magic, Joram was one of the Dead, denied the throne of Merilon. For years, he lived among outlaws, surviving by wit and sleight-of-hand. Now, wielding the powerful, magic absorbing Darksword, Joram retums to the enchanted Kingdom that once was his home to win revenge and claim his birthright. Here he will test Bishop Vanya and his fierce army of Duuk-tsarith in a battle unlike any their world has known. Joined by the scholarly catalyst Saryon, the young mage Mosiah, and the trickster Simkin, Jorma confronts the shattering secret of his past and discovers the ancient prophecy that puts the fate of the world in his hands--the hands that forged the Darksword.
En el reino de Merilon, Magia significa Vida. Nacido sin poderes mágicos y privado de su herencia, a Joram se le da por muerto; sin embargo, el joven llega a la edad adulta en un remoto pueblo campesino, ocultando su carencia de poderes gracias a que se mantiene siempre alerta y a sus grandes dotes de prestidigitación. Obligado a matar a un hombre en defensa propia, Joram ya no puede ocultar por más tiempo su secreto y huye al País del Destierro. Allí se encuentra con Saryon, con quien iniciará la búsqueda de un destino más noble, un destino que se inicia con el descubrimiento de los libros secretos que les permitirán derribar al malvado usurpador, Blachloch… y forjar una poderosa arma que absorbe la Magia: la Espada de Joram.
Tristan Kendrick, heir to the High Kings, must organize an alliance of dwarves, haflings, knights, bards, and druids against the evil creatures trying to invade Moonshae