A disgraced prince's last chance to warn his kingdom. An impossible alliance his only hope.After a decade in exile, Darius Rarkez has come back to the Kingdom of Vlencia with one desperate mission: to reach the wizards of Kladstin and forge an alliance to combat encroaching darkness from Kaudon.With his family's dark history of oppressing the mages, it seems an insurmountable task. Yet their authoritative voices may be the only way to lend credence to his grave prophecy and prevent his younger brother, Prince Dillian, from seizing the throne.Darius must overcome past grievances and prejudices to secure the alliance integral to the region's survival or else plunge the realm into oblivion.(Book #3 of The Divided Region, a gritty, epic low fantasy series.)