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It is 500 years since the fall of the Sabrin Empire, an empire whose rulers sealed their fate by refusing to countenance the devel opment of weapons that could have saved them from the barbarians. Now the Sabirn have fallen on hard times indeed, & lie supine beneath the boot of the Ancar, laboring in mines & fields & stretts at work no member of a "higher" race would touch.

But rumors abound that among the Sabirn are some who retain occult knowledge, & use it in secret rites aimed at the overthrow of the new master race. The Ancar say this is justification for genocide. The Sabirn say genocide is justification for anything; The Sword of Knowledge cuts both ways.

For centuries, two nearly-immortal races-the Krotanya, followers of Light, and the Leishoranya, servants of Darkness -- have been at war. Both races use mental powers in addition to the sword and bow. But because of their moral scruples--the Krotanya use their powers only to defend, not to attack -- they have suffered defeat after defeat and been driven deep into their ancestral lands.

Now the Leishorznya prepare a final blow under the leadership of the dread warlord SSenkahdavi, most skilled of all in the powers of Dark. Against him stand the brothers Kahsir, Alaric and Haskon, and their father and grandfather, last living leaders of the Krotanya. The Light's only hope is th appearance of the rumored savior Hjshraiel...but will he arrive in time?

Prince Kahsir, a leader of the Krotanya, must decide whether to go against the strict rules of his people and use his mental powers to save them from the Leishoranya, or to follow his people's ethical standards and allow them to be destroyed....

For centuries, the Krotahnya, followers of the Light, and the Leishoranya, servants of the Darkness, have been locked in a conflict, fighting with the sword and the mind. But the end may not come from the enemy. The High King's brother, Lorhaiden has gone on a quest to find the most dangerous and powerful weapon ever devised--the mind stone.