Two fate-locked men - Traevis Airlight, Swordson of the Rhuelands and Rowland Mont-Lestarre, the self-destructive heir - must take on the mantle of the land's magic, though both are tormented by loss, the appetites of a demonic blade, and an ancestral foe who refuses to remain dead."A complete, working world with strong living characters and plenty of action...and a twisted plot hatched by Hitchcock on Phil Dick's drugs. Prepare to be as happily surprised as I was. This is one of the most character-driven Fantasy novels I have ever read."- Pat LoBrutto, Senior Editor, Doubleday Books