About the Book
Battle had been joined and fought and won. The Pandion Knight Sparhawk
had met the forces of the foul God Cyrgon upon the field of valor, and
justice and might had carried the day. But even in Sparhawk's moment of
triumph had come a crushing blow. For far away from the battlefield,
Cyrgon's hired minions had by treachery and stealth stolen away
Sparhawk's very heart: they had kidnapped the beautiful Queen Ehlana,
his wife.
Sparhawk would have to surrender Bhelliom, the awesome jewel of power, into their accursed hands - or Ehlana would die.
Their goal had been to render Sparhawk impotent. But Cyrgon's lackeys,
in their craven, puny souls, had far misjudged that knight's unwavering
resolve to fight on for his queen with every resource at his command.
Aided by stalwart friends, Sparhawk charted a plan of attack, knowing
that Ehlana's life hung in the balance. The road ahead promised peril
for all those he held dear, but none of his companions flinched at the
awesome task before them, even knowing that Cyrgon had summoned up
forces of evil from Tamuli's dark past, and from sick and fetid places
beyond mere human ken.
But the full magnitude of the danger before them was yet to be revealed. For in his towering hubris, Cyrgon had dared that which was forbidden
even to the Gods. He had called forth Klæl, Bhelliom's opposite, a
monster eager to rend the very world asunder.
Ravening destruction stalked all the lands. For from before time began,
it was writ that Bhelliom must contend with its opposite for the fate of this world. Even so must the man Sparhawk finally face the God Cyrgon,
in mortal combat - and alone?
