Synopsis: A force from beyond death... Awakened from a centuries-long spell of sleep, Serroi, once a warrior woman and the pawn of an evil wizard, finds she has become heir to a powerful earth magic. But the world she knew is long gone, and long-dormant magics have now come alive, twisting once familiar lands into strange new landscapes. But not all of these suddenly freed magics are benign, and war, fueled by a mysterious evil force, is sweeping swiftly across realm after realm. It is a force which not only seizes control of minds and souls, but one which has the power to alter the very laws of life and death. And as this terrifying enemy scourges the land, stealing the souls of powerful leaders and raising up armies of dead warriors to fight again and again, Serroi and her companions are forced ever deeper into a struggle against a horror she barely understands and fears she cannot overcome... (from the back cover of the DAW Books first edition)