The first volume in a new series follows Marak, a prince and warrior, who is ordered by the dictator, the Ila, to find the elusive silver tower, and when he accomplishes this task, the beings within the tower give him a new mission - lead his people to safety before the hammer of the dictator's dreaded enemies falls.
C. J. Cherryh―three-time winner of the coveted Hugo Award―is one of today's best-selling and most critically acclaimed writers of science fiction and fantasy. The author of more than fifty novels, she makes her home in Spokane, Washington.