The Alliance of Light

United, the half-brothers Lysaer and Arithon were able to free the world of Athera from the suffocating embrace of the deadly Mistwraith. But the Mistwraith's curse of vengeance has left them lifelong enemies.Arithon, Master of Shadow, has defeated Lysaer's Alliance of Light against immense odds. Having conquered the maze of Kewar, he is recovering his strength as the guest of the formidable sorcerer, Davien the Betrayer. No one knows how the sorcerer's influence will affect Arithon's recovered mage power, or his newly awakened rogue talent for prescience.Meanwhile Arithon's relentless enemies will stop at nothing to achieve his downfall. The Koriani enchantresses form a breathtakingly audacious plot to make him their pawn. And as the Alliance fanatics regroup, the core of their priesthood now stands corrupted by a dark cabal who plot to enslave Lysaer, and use the Mistwraith's curse as their own weapon to break the world's order.The sorcerers of the Fellowship compact are sorely beset and the clans are counting their ruinous losses. Arithon, who holds their last hope of survival, chooses the most dangerous course: heart and mind he dedicates himself to avoiding killing, though allies and enemies muster for war, single-mindedly blind to the consequences.