Publisher's Synopsis
Finally in control of the Ascendancy, Titus Quinn has styled himself Regent of the Entire. But his command is fragile. He rules an empire with a technology beyond human understanding; spies lurk in the ancient Magisterium; a few Tarig lords still hound the edges of Quinn's reign; and worse, his daughter Sen Ni opposes him for control. She is aided by a navitar who can weave reality to his twisted purposes.
Now the highly reclusive Jinda ceb Horat enter the game. Masters of supreme technology, they maintain a lofty distance from the Entire's struggle, yet may be persuaded to intervene. Now, Quinn's wife Anzi becomes a hostage among the Jinda ceb, and undergoes alterations that her husband may not be able to accept.
As Quinn approaches a confrontation with the dark navitar, he learns that the stakes of the conflict extend far beyond the Rose and the Entire. The navitar commands forces that lie at the heart of the Entire's geo-cosmology, and will use them to his own ends. As the navitar's plan approaches consummation, Quinn, Sen Ni, and Anzi are swept up in forces that will leave them forever changed. In this rousing finale to Kenyon's celebrated quartet, Titus Quinn is forced to make the unthinkable choice for or against the dictates of his heart, for or against the beloved land.
"[A] landmark science fiction series of the 21st century." -SFSite
