The Mask and the Sorceress

For seventeen centuries a primal sorcery deemed too dangerous for use by humankind has been locked away by a powerful spell. But the Deep Magic is chained no more, and war again threatens a royal house. Theatana — the insaneregal sister exiled for her treachery — has escaped her prison, discovering within herself seeds of the blackest power which will help her ascend the throne she believes rightfully hers. And now she prepares to launch a merciless assault upon her own homeland…and her blood kin.But there is one determined to thwart Ilarion, the true heir, who will pursue his mad aunt to the very point where the world itself stands on the brink of catastrophe. It is here where a tumultuous contest must be waged — and a devastating power will be revealed.