After the son of a sorceress discovers the truth about his father, a knight in the court of King Arden, who had a destructive infatuation with the queen, he sets out towards Severluna to help restore the kingdom to its former glory. By a World Fantasy Award-winning author.
In the new fantasy from the award-winning author of the Riddle-Master trilogy, a young man comes of age amid family secrets and revelationsand transformative magic.
Hidden away from the world by his mother, the powerful sorceress Heloise Oliver, Pierce has grown up working in her restaurant in Desolation Point. But when hes drawn to the legendary capital city of Severluna, Heloise, bereft and furious, tells him the truth: about his father, a knight in King Ardens court, about an older brother he never knew existed, about his fathers destructive love for King
Ardens queen, and Heloises decision to raise her younger son alone.
As Pierce journeys to Severluna, he learns that things are changing in the kingdom. Old magic is on the rise. The immensely powerful artifact of an ancient god has come to light, and the king is gathering his knights to quest for this profound mystery, which may restore the kingdom to legendary gloryor destroy it.
