First trade edition. Thick 8vo. Pp. [viii], 728. Glossy pictorial wraps. Map, Appendices. Not published in the U.S.
Review Copy. Publisher's bumf tipped in.
The third book in 'The Ea Cycle' series, in which prince Valashu Elahad searches for the Lightstone relic in order to stop the immortal Morjin, Lord of Lies, from creating a world filled with madness. "[O]ne of the finest talents to appear since Kim Stanley Robinson and William Gibson – perhaps the finest." –Gene Wolfe