Drak, Crown Prince of Vallia, Dray Prescot's son, was sore beset on three sides. For one, he was leading an army of liberation against the usurper Alloran who had seized part of Vallia - and who was grinding Drak's troops down with blackest magic and most villainous mercenaries. For two, he was the target of a marriage plot by an allied queen, whose forces he needed desperately. For the third, he was in love with Silda, daughter of his father's loyal friend, Seg the Bowman. And Silda was now in Alloran's camp, a black leather swordswoman commanding the usurper's do or die Amazon guards! Magic, mystery, treason, warfare and romance make a heady concoction - and before this adventure was over, Drak would have his fill of it all! Come to Kregen, planet of the two suns of Antares, and join the excitement in this stand-alone novel!