Michael Sullivan

"A young man is drawn to the warmth of a campfire on a cold, early winter night to meet the most curious and frightening of travellers. The traveller's tale seems to be just the ranting of an old, one-eyed storyteller ... or is he truly the Sapphire Knight as he claims?"--Publisher's description.

A New York Times Bestseller!

After more than five hundred years of exile, the heir to the empyre is wary about his sudden reassignment to active duty on the Goblin War's front lines. His assignment to rescue an outpost leads to a dead-end canyon deep inside enemy territory, and his suspicion turns to dread when he discovers the stronghold does not exist. But whoever went to the trouble of planning his death to look like a casualty of war

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Continues the epic story of the war between humankind and the elves--and of ordinary people becoming legendary heroes. It introduces a set of new characters: the dwarves, whose magical weaponcraft could decide the war. It's up to our heroes to win over the dwarves to the side of humankind--or else lose the war forever.