A sorcerous swordsmith desperate to achieve true power. His stubbornly nonmagical sword. His princely runaway lover. His hungry new fire elemental. Put them all together, and what can possibly go wrong?Herewiss is the only man in centuries to possess the Power of the blue Flame, but he can’t use or control it — not even to help his friend and lover Freelorn, prince of Arlen, exiled from his native land and pursued across the Middle Kingdoms by the usurpers' allies. Invoking perilous sorceries and the even more dangerous assistance of the fire elemental Sunspark, Herewiss manages to rout th...

“To my way of reckoning, this is an even stronger book than the first… Absorbing, the kind of book one reads in gulps and cannot put down.” — Andre NortonUnable to focus the blue Flame of Power despite years of training, Segnbora lived the life of a wandering swordswoman or common sorceress until the night she saved a man’s life in a back-alley swordfight and discovered he was an outlawed prince with a price on his head. Now on the run with Freelorn of Arlen and his followers, Segnbora—realizing that Lorn’s survival is vital to the Middle Kingdoms in their war against the evil Sh...

Seven years ago Freelorn Ferrant’s son fled the land he was born to rule, driven out by his usurping half-brother Cillmod and those who preferred a ruler they could control to a prince whose father had never legitimized him with the vital ceremony of Initiation. Since then Freelorn’s life has been about returning to prove himself the only true successor to the heritage of the demigodly White Lion of Arlen, and taking back his rightful throne. Now, after long wandering endured and many battles survived, Lorn is primed to return. Eftgan, Queen of Arlen’s ancient ally Darthen, is ready to r...