-Lord Landon is dead, mysteriously. -His son, Darion, has disappeared.
-Scrolls pertaining to sorcery have been stolen from the order of the Earth-Powered.
-The mysterious thief seems to be a deadly Warrior of Darkness.
-Fragments of the Ice-Fire of Calebra are disappearing from all the kingdoms.
-All Calebra trembles to earthquakes and disruptions in the flow of magical earthpower. In the wake of these revelations, Narell's son, Kendar, must find this enemy and the beautiful warrior-woman who aids him. Is he to kill this renegade or help him? For the mission of this thief awakens the greatest controversy in all Calebra: To save their world from destruction, he must find the parent kingdom, Kalajhan, and become what Calebra fears most-a sorcerer!