After Jim Dasher, agent of the Conclave of Shadows, finds eveidence of the summoning of an ancient evil, the magician Pug must put aside personal pain as he leads the Conclave and their alliestwo renegade Star Elves and an untested young Knight-Adamandtagainst this latest threat to their world. By the author of Rides a Dread Legion. 75,000 first printing.