The Alliance sits on the edge of Jarrat. The Dark Knight Ra'naroz is in control of Queen Oriana inside the castle. One wrong move would see her death and the death of many others. Alaric has returned to join the army and his first priority is to rescue Alena and Eldred from the clutches of the Evil One. If he is going to succeed in his quest he knows that both must survive. The prophecy sits on a knife edge and Alaric must travel to Castalia if he is going to succeed, whilst the Alliance must free Jarrat from the enemy.

From the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ashes of London comes the next book in the phenomenally successful series following James Marwood and Cat Lovett.

"David Champlin is a black man born into poverty in Depression-era New Orleans who makes his way up the ladder of success, only to sacrifice everything to lead his people in the civil rights movement. Sara Kent is the white girl who loves David from the moment she first sees him, and who struggles against his belief that a marriage for them would be wrong in the violent world he has to confront. And the "five smooth stones" are those the biblical David carried against Goliath."--Amazon.com website

Reprint of the original, first published in 1857.