Cirrus@Austlit

'Cedrin and his friend Marken journey north, seeking a new life as scythemen.

'Ellen leaves the politics of Raynor behind and continues her quest to find the true Scion. She joins Cedrin, convinced he holds some clue to the Scion’s identity. The fiercely independent Cedrin is drawn to Ellen, despite himself.

'They are pursued by the renegade Sorcerer Raziin, who dreams of revenge against Cedrin and Ellen for his defeat in Athria — and of the ultimate power of the Spear of Carris, promised to him by the Seer of Ciofran-Ac. Raziin alone knows that Cedrin is the key to obtaining it.

'As Cedrin and Ellen struggle to stay alive on a lawless continent torn by war, they are being drawn by hidden forces toward a lethal contest for the awesome power of the Spear of Carris, where the identity of the true Scion will be revealed.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.