(from the back of the book) This should only be a pleasant visit at an old acquaintance, who owns a farm near the city of Havena. But suddenly a fire broke out in a barn - and there are signs that this fire was not an accident at all. The hero is drawn into a vortex of anomalies centering on more than just the sale of a field in upstate Havena. The leads go to the recent past of the royal city at the mouth of the Great River, but also to distant Andergast. And soon all combat power and skill, but also all the wisdom must be commanded not to droen in this maelstrom of dangerous events