The last Stormlord is dead. War has come to the cities of the Quartern. The violent, nomadic Redunners have put every rainlord they could find to the sword and the cities are left without hope.
Shale has been betrayed, drugged, and left at the feet of his greatest enemy. Now, he must decide to work with those who have plotted against him or let thousands of the waterless die. He has great power but is no Stormlord. At least, not yet...
Terelle has escaped the Scarpen in search of her homeland and her people, the mysterious Watergivers. But a desperate message will send her back to find Shale and face her worst fears.
The people of the Scarpen are in danger. Shale and Terelle must find a way to save their people and punish those who have destroyed all they ever loved.
SHALE is finally free from his greatest enemy. But now, he is responsible for bringing life-giving rain to all the people of the Quartern. He must stretch his powers to the limit or his people will die-if they don't meet a nomad's blade first. And while Shale's own highlords and waterpriests plot against him, his Reduner brother plots his revenge.
TERELLE is Shale's secret weapon, covertly boosting his powers with her own mystical abilities. But she is compelled by the strange magic of her people and will one day have to leave Shale's side. No one knows what waits for her across the desert, but her people gave the Quartern its first Stormlord and they may save Shale and his people once again-or lead them to their doom.
Cloaked in silent winter snow the Kingdom of Rolencia sleeps as
rumours spread of new Affinity Seeps, places where untamed power wells
up. Meanwhile, King Rolen plans his jubilee unaware of the growing
threat to those he loves.
By royal decree, all those afflicted with Affinity must serve the
Abbey or face death. Sent to the Abbey because of his innate Affinity,
the King’s youngest son, Fyn, trains to become a warrior monk.
Unfortunately, he’s a gentle dreamer and the other acolytes bully him.
The only way he can escape them is to serve the Abbey Mystic, but his
Affinity is weak.
Fiercely loyal, thirteen year-old Piro is horrified to discover she
is also cursed with unwanted Affinity. It broke their mother’s heart to
send Fyn away, so she hides her affliction. But, when Fyn confesses his
troubles, Piro risks exposure to help him.
Even though Byren Kingson is only seven minutes younger than his
twin, Lence, who is the king's heir, Byren has never hungered for the
Rolencian throne. When a Seer predicts that he will kill Lence, he
laughs. But Lence Kingsheir sees Byren’s growing popularity and resents
it. Enduring loyalty could be Byren’s greatest failing.
Rolencia’s ancestral enemy, Merofynia, has invaded and marches on King Rolen’s castle. Powerless to help, thirteen year old Piro watches as her father, King Rolen, listens to poisoned whispers concerning his son Bryen. How could the King doubt his second son? Determined to prove his loyalty, Bryen races across the path of the advancing army to ask the Abbot to send the warrior monks in defense of the castle.
Now a slave, Piro finds herself in the Merofynian Palace where, if her real identity is discovered, she will be executed.
Meanwhile, Fyn is desperate to help his brother, Bryen, who is now the uncrowned King. Bryen never sought power but now he finds himself at the centre of a dangerous resistance movement as the people of Rolencia flee vicious invaders. How can Byren defeat the invaders, when half his warriors are women and children, and the other half are untrained boys and old men?