Kelly Peasgood Knihy

Two thousand years after the Jewel of Peace ended the devastating Wizard Wars, chaos stalks the land again. The tyrant Broman lusts to take up the Stone and twist the world into his personal plaything. The Wizard Ord desires to find the Spirit that can control the weapon and manipulate it to his will. It falls to the humble mountaineer Geret to take up the mantle of a millenia-old battle and tame the Spirit he unwittingly inherits. As war savages the land anew and pits nation against nation, hope hangs by the thinnest thread; a mountaineer with Spirit against a centuries-old Wizard willing to use the Stone to smash the world asunder.

A desert girl exiled from her tribe, finding her way in the world through the strength of her sword ... A hero robbed of his courage, with no memory of his past deeds ... A loyal warrior who will sacrifice anything for his brother-by-choice ... United in a quest set by the gods, Jal, Phatomar, and Eamon journey from mountains to deserts, across the seas and into the very bowels of the world to accomplish a task that none have yet survived. Yet what price must they pay to restore what the gods have stolen?