Deze epische saga duikt in de diepten van mythen en legenden, waar oude krachten botsen en lotsbestemmingen worden gesmeed naast machtige wapens. Volg de reis van een jonge man met een buitengewoon talent voor het vormen van metaal, wiens lot hem van een nederig pastorale leven naar het hart van een kosmische strijd leidt. Hij moet de dreigende duisternis onder ogen zien en zijn eigen kracht ontdekken om de wereld te beschermen tegen naderend onheil.
In het Noordse Rijk ontdekt de jonge Lor dat hij een geheimzinnige gave bezit. De voorwerpen die hij van metaal maakt weet hij mysterieuze krachten en kwaliteiten mee te geven. Nadat hij in opdracht van de meestersmid een drietal voorwerpen heeft gemaakt, ontdekt hij tot zijn ontsteltenis dat zijn gave voor duistere doeleinden wordt gebruikt. Hij besluit er iets aan te gaan doen...
The siege of Kerbryhaine had been raised, the Ekwesh hordes vanquished, the Mastersmith slain. But for Alv -- now Elof the Smith -- the war was not yet won: Kerbryhaine was still a divided city; the Ekwesh, bloodily defeated, would look for revenge; and the Ice, implacably malevolent, continued its inexorable march southward. So from divided Kerbryhaine Elof, Kermorvan and his companions mounted an expedition to the legendary lost cities of the East; if they managed to reunite the war-torn tribes, perhaps they could stand together against the menae of the Ice. But to Elof and Kermorvan the journey would also bring knowledge: of the Powers ranged for and against them; and of the secrets within themselves waiting to be revealed -- secrets that would play a part in the war yet to come.
Mastersmith Elof Valantor pursues his love, Kara, to an unknown land where he is faced with the greatest challenge of his life
Die Eishexe Louhi will die ganze Welt unter einer geschlossenen Eisdecke ersticken lassen, und mit Hilfe der bösen Mächte dringen die Gletscher unaufhaltsam immer tiefer in den Süden vor. Alv, der Schmied, den die Südländer Elof nennen, gelingt die Flucht aus jahrelanger Gefangenschaft, und nur er kann die magischen Waffen schmieden, mit denen dem Licht zum Sieg verholfen werden kann.
Centuries before the building of the Great Causeway, when the enveloping Ice seems to be in retreat, the lands of the North and South are on uneasy terms. War appears to be inevitable. But there is still some trade between them, particularly for the peerless weapons created by the Northern mastersmiths. In one small town, Kunrad, one young mastersmith, has carved out a reputation as a fine armourer. Helped by his two apprentices, the ox-like Olvar and the silver-tongued Gille, Kunrad has created the greatest suit of armour ever made: armour fit for a hero or a king. When that armour is stolen by a powerful Southern lord, Kunrad has only one concern - to regain it. And so begins an epic journey of discovery, filled with danger, magic - and love.
Gille Kilmarsson is a mastersmith and musician in a quiet northern town. But he yearns for something more. When he saves a Southern merchant ship from the savagery of the corsairs, he takes as his only reward an old musical instrument. And his life changes forever. For the instrument has an ancient, magical past and it soon leads Gille and his companion, Olvar, on an amazing voyage of adventure and discovery. A voyage in which they must confront not only the mysteries of the sea but also a ruthless, barbaric tribe intent on massacring an ancient people fleeing the encroachment of the restless Ice...