The fourth and last book in the Far Kingdoms series—former co-author Chris Bunch having taken his business elsewhere—is a sequel to The Warrior's Tale (1994) and features the same protagonist and narrator—the warrior and sorceress Rali Emilie Antero. Rali emerges from a 50-year entombment in ice to enjoy further adventures and a final showdown with her old foe, the irresistible succubus Novari, who has seized the city Orissa and exterminated all the other Anteros, save the mystical child Emilie. Stands alone, more or less, but series fans are the intended, and most likely, recipients.