In the epic conclusion of the Quickening trilogy, Wyl Thirsk, a former general of the Morgravian army and bearer of Myrren's 'gift,' risks everything to stop the marriage of his beloved queen to his enemy, the hated tyrant King Celimus of Morgravia, as well as to prevent a looming war between the two nations and a growing threat from an ominous new power. Original. 20,000 first printing.