Böcker av C. J. Cherryh

The first volume in a new series follows Marak, a prince and warrior, who is ordered by the dictator, the Ila, to find the elusive silver tower, and when he accomplishes this task, the beings within the tower give him a new mission--lead his people to safety before the hammer of the dictator's drea

Aewyn's half-brother, Elfwyn Aswydd-the bastard son of the king and the sorceress Tarien Aswydd-has spent years unaware of his parentage, yet now it is his time to emerge and claim the gifted birthright he's been denied for so long.But a dark, sinister magic has crept close to the young man and seized hold of the kingdom.