The adventures of a swordsman who has been created out of nothing by a magician. As he has been in existence for only a year, Tristen is green in the ways of the world and through his eyes are seen facets of our culture. By the author of Fortress in the Eye of Time.

Tristan, creation of a wizard's last and greatest spell, agrees to hide his powers at the request of his friend, young King Cefwyn, while Cefwyn plans a war that he hopes will bring about his dream of a united kingdom.

In the aftermath of civil war, the world of the atevi is still perilously unstable. Tabini-aiji, powerful ruler of the Western Association, along with his son and heir, and his human paidhi, Bren Cameron, have returned to the Bu-javid, their seat of power. The usurper, Murini has escaped to the lands of his supporters, but the danger these rebels pose is far from over. The world of the atevi has fragmented into two antagonistic political camps: the...

The plight of a man who can see both sides of a problem. He is Ben Cameron of Mospheira, a planet shared by humans and aliens, and he is the only one who speaks both languages. War threatens and as the official go-between Cameron's job is to find a compromise, but how to reconcile people who only talk one language? By the author of Invader.

It started long ago, in a tower at the Eye of Time, as a war between the shadowy Immortals who came before our kind. That war persists today, as the wizard Mauryl's Shaping confronts the Shadows that Hasufin summoned from Chaos against the Siddhe lords. Tristen is that Shaping, a halfling creature of Fire and Shadow. Both more and less than human, he turned back sorcery's tides in the legend-heavy battle of Lewenbrook. Tristen's victory brought his...

Two surprising allies have emerged to aid the embattled ruler in a struggle he must win: Cefmyn's two young sons. Aewyn Marhanen is the prince destined to rule. Aewyn's half-brother. Elfwyn Aswydd-- the bastard son of the king and the sorceress Tarien Aswydd--has spent years unaware of his parentage, yet now it is time to emerge and claim the gifted birthright he's been denied for so long. But a dark, sinister magic has crept close to the young man...

Now betrayed by the Emperor he once protected, master swordsman Saukendar leaves the way of the sword behind him forever-so he thinks. When a headstrong peasant girl burning to avenge her murdered family demands that he train her, Saukendar is faced with a momentous choice. Send Taizu away, never see her again-or join her and destroy the tyrant who has nearly destroyed them both.

Since the starship Phoenix left the small group of colonists on the planet of the atevi 178 years ago, humans and atevi have developed an understanding, which is threatened when the Phoenix suddenly returns.

The civil war among the alien atevi is over-- but peace and tranquility are not in the cards for Bren. Cajeiri, the young son of Tabini-aiai, the ruler, slips away from his bodyguards for an adventure. When rebel clans attack, Bren's pastoral retreat becomes a locked-down fortress.