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Mereth, a trader from the Dales, travels across the sea to Estcarp and the archival citadel at Lormt in search of clues about a missing heirloom, an ancient jewel of Power known as the Magestone. Meanwhile Kasarian, a hound lord of the Alizonder people, discovers that an ancestral key opens a magical gate in Lormt. The Alizonders are wolf‑like tyrants who use cruel poisons and enslave defeated leaders, and they have long rejected the sorcery of Witch World. When a baron seeks to unleash the dark wizards of Escore by using Mereth's lost Magestone—stolen from Kasarian's murdered father—both strangers find themselves compelled to cooperate against a common foe. Together they confront a legacy far greater than they could imagine, forced to decide whether what lies beyond the gate is a threat or a chance for survival.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: Fantasy/Epic Fantasy
Authors: Andre Norton
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