A prince, son of a mad king, raised as weapon. A city under siege. A war against magic itself!

Prince Sorne is being raised as a weapon to wield against the mystical Wyrds. Half a continent away, his father, wracked by madness, lays siege to the Celestial City, home of the T'En, whose magical blood the mundane population have come to despise. Within the City, Imoshen, the only mystic to be raised by men, is desperately trying to hold her people together.

A generations long feud between the men of the Brotherhoods and the women of the sacred Sisterhoods is about to come to a head. Can Imogen save her people from the tide of popular opinion and the blade of a mad king? This is a war like no other, and before it is over, the field will be soaked with the blood of sorcerers.