Publisher's Synopsis
Book 2 in the Rule of Wisdom series, The Rise of Echlys chronicles Ja'el's slide into darknes and Jakfa's rise to power through the fortunes of the evil dragon Echlys. Umberlan is torn apart by the rise of a new religion, The Order. Dugan's army grows and he successfully pushes back against Gailen's advance, but the war reaches a stand still at the battle of the Angese. With General Tobin stopped at the river, Echlys begins to manipulate humanity for his own gains.
However, Echlys is unaware that the ancient dragons have sent Echlys's sister to combat the expanding evil. Weaker than her brother, she desperately searches for a way to defeat him, making an alliance with King Gailen and Robin, a boy in the care of Ja'el.
