Shadowsinger: L.E. Modesitt Jr.

Book V of The Spellsong Cycle. The nation of Defalk lies under peril of invasion. Once more the Sturrinese are gathering their strength in an attempt to crush the peaceful land and enslave its people. Newlywed Secca - Protector of Defalk and her sorcerer husband Alcaren, have come to realise there can be no truce with the warlike Sturrinese. If peace is ever to come then the power of the Sturrinese warlords must be destroyed - and the only way to do destroy the Sturrinese is to take the battle to them...But in the war that follows, Secca realises that the Sturrinese are merely the servants of a new and far more perilous foe...Cover art by Melvyn Grant.