Kiral draws The Ally into Erlin’s body, who greatly desires Erlin’s Gift, but then binds him securely. Erlin leads Vaelin to a Memory Stone where he learns of the original people who built the Fallen City and how The Ally was corrupted by sorrow at the death of his wife Essara, and killed by her brother Lionen. In the wilds he discovers Erlin and who he really is the supposedly legendary Kerlis the Faithless who denied the Faith and was cursed to live forever. Vaelin Al Sorna heads north to the Pack Ice guided by Kiral and Wise Bear. However, she must do so without Vaelin Al Sorna who heads on a mysterious mission. With the Unified Realm now free, Queen Lyrna sets her sights on taking the fight to the heart of the Volarian Empire. Ultimately, Varinshold falls to the combined forces of Queen Lyrna aboard captured Volarian ships, Frentis’ rebels, and rebels within the city including Alucius who dies killing traitorous Lord Darnel.
Elsewhere, after the burning of the Urlish forest fails to crush Frentis’ guerrilla rebellion, the Volarians send a large force in pursuit, only to be led into a trap and crushed when Baron Banders joins the rebels. Meanwhile, The Shield leads her Meldenean allies to harry the Volarians at sea, and Verniers heads to the Alpiran Empire on a diplomatic mission to seek aid against the Volarians. In the aftermath of her victory in Alltor against the Volarians, Queen Lyrna gathers her alliance of Realm-folk and now decriminalised Gifted, and marches across the realm to Varinshold. The final book in the series delivers a no-holds-barred war story, following the five POV characters of the second book: Vaelin Al Sorna, Frentis, Queen Lyrna Al Nieren, Reva Mustor, and Verniers Alishe Someren, with the addition of Alucius Al Hestian. And defeating one who cannot be killed is a nearly impossible feat, especially when Vaelin’s blood-song, the mystical power which has made him the epic fighter he is, has gone ominously silent… Plot Summary For the Volarian enemy has a new weapon on their side, one that Vaelin must destroy if the Realm is to prevail-a mysterious Ally with the ability to grant unnaturally long life to his servants. However, his path is riddled with difficulties. Victory rests on the shoulders of Vaelin Al Sorna, now named Battle Lord of the Realm. She must align herself with forces she once found repugnant-those who possess the strange and varied gifts of the Dark-and take the war to her enemy’s doorstep. Except, to accomplish her goals, she must do more than rally her loyal supporters. Sorting truth from myth is often a fruitless task.”Īfter fighting back from the brink of death, Queen Lyrna is determined to repel the invading Volarian army and regain the independence of the Unified Realm. “ The Ally is there, but only ever as a shadow, unexplained catastrophe or murder committed at the behest of a dark vengeful spirit.
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