Tristan, creation of a wizard's last and greatest spell, agrees to hide his powers at the request of his friend, young King Cefwyn, while Cefwyn plans a war that he hopes will bring about his dream of a united kingdom.

It started long ago, in a tower at the Eye of Time, as a war between the shadowy Immortals who came before our kind. That war persists today, as the wizard Mauryl's Shaping confronts the Shadows that Hasufin summoned from Chaos against the Siddhe lords. Tristen is that Shaping, a halfling creature of Fire and Shadow. Both more and less than human, he turned back sorcery's tides in the legend-heavy battle of Lewenbrook. Tristen's victory brought his...