Fifteen-year-old Jaren Haldannon managed to wield the mysterious magic and best the Warwitch. Now he and his friend Iselle must journey to the city of Eidara to rescue King Aldrain Draegondor, a victim of betrayal and dark alliances. Jaren's older sister, Morgaine, is horrified at what she has become: a twisted version of the Warwitch, tainted with the metalmagic. She vows to stop the Witch from doing further harm to those she loves. A prisoner in his own dungeons, King Aldrain is forced to confront his failings. His family is dead, his kingdom lies in tatters and his closest friends are gone. Hopelessness, frustration, and a new danger, one born of shadow magic, threaten to push the king over the brink and plunge him into madness. The Warwitch plots even after her defeat. She will provide the young Haldannon boy with what he desires - the key to discovering the truth of the metal magic - and then destroy him when he acts on the knowledge, as she is certain he must. Loyalties of blood and honor will be tested. Ages-old deceit will be revealed. In the end, who will remain to claim mastery of the metalmagic?
Fifteen-year-old Jaren Haldannon managed to wield the mysterious magic and best the Warwitch. Now he and his friend Iselle must journey to the city of Eidara to rescue King Aldrain Draegondor, a victim of betrayal and dark alliances. Jaren's older sister, Morgaine, is horrified at what she has become: a twisted version of the Warwitch, tainted with the metalmagic. She vows to stop the Witch from doing further harm to those she loves. A prisoner in his own dungeons, King Aldrain is forced to confront his failings. His family is dead, his kingdom lies in tatters and his closest friends are gone. Hopelessness, frustration, and a new danger, one born of shadow magic, threaten to push the king over the brink and plunge him into madness. The Warwitch plots even after her defeat. She will provide the young Haldannon boy with what he desires - the key to discovering the truth of the metal magic - and then destroy him when he acts on the knowledge, as she is certain he must. Loyalties of blood and honor will be tested. Ages-old deceit will be revealed. In the end, who will remain to claim mastery of the metalmagic?