Deze epische saga neemt lezers mee naar een rijk waar een machtige, in de schaduwen opererende cabal van tovenaars politieke intriges en gevaarlijke conflicten orkestreert. Volg de verweven lotgevallen van helden en schurken terwijl ze navigeren door een wereld bedreigd door verborgen machten, waar magie en verraad constante metgezellen zijn. Het is een spannend avontuur in een rijk verbeelde wereld met ongelooflijk hoge inzetten.
Among the Orosini tribe, the traditional manhood ritual begins three days before the Midsummer's celebration. Alone, the child must survive the wilderness. Kielianapuna - red squirrel - is struggling. Despairing of his future, he returns to his village, where devastation awaits him
In the mountains of Midkemia, a boy came brutally of age in blood and in terror. And now he lives for one purpose alone ... revenge! An exceptionally skilled swordsman, youngTal Hawkins was the only survivor of the massacre of his village -- rescued, recruited, and trained by the mysterious order of magicians and spies, the Conclave of Shadows.…
Once absolute ruler of his nation Kaspar, former Duke of Olasko, has been cast into exile. Abandoned in the wilds of a continent on the other side of the world and left with nothing but his wits and determination, he must fight merely to survive. Armed with guile, cunning and an iron will, he starts his odyssey with a single goal: to return to his home and revenge himself upon the man who cast him down, Talwin Hawkins.