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The poets and their magical andat have protected the cities of the Khaiem against their rivals in Galt for generations. Otah- Khai of the Winter City of Machi- has tried for years to prepare his people for a future in which the andat can no longer be safely harnessed. But his warnings have been ignored- and now its too late.A ruthless- charismatic Galtic general believes he has found a way to strip the andat of their power. If he is wrong- Galt will be destroyed. If he is right- the Khaiem will fall. Only one thing is certain: conflict is inevitable- and Otah and his old friend and enemy the disgraced poet- Maati- must fight a desperate battle to protect their cities from slaughter. These two men- bound together by shadow and betrayal- will bring the world to the edge of a cataclysm unlike anything either side had imagined. For if the cost of war is high- the price of peace may be unimaginable . . ....