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Deep in an abandoned, shattered castle, an old man of the Old Magic muttered almost forgotten words. His purpose - to create out of the insubstance of the air, from a shimmering of light and a fluttering of shadows. that most wonderous of spells, a Shaping. A Shaping in the form of a young man who will be sent east on the road the old was to old to travel. To right…

Tristen is both more and less than a man. A summoning, a shaping, he was brought to life by a wizard, to serve a king yet to be crowned.

Now the wizard is dead: a united Ylesuin, and a peace this land has never known. Cefwyn needs his only friend, this young man of mysterious origins who is more brother than vassal. He relies on Tristen, and trusts him though he knows not why, as he plans the war that will bring his dream to pass... or bring ruin upon them all.

The eagerly awaited sequel to her acclaimed Fortress in the Eye of Time, C.J. Cherryh's newest high fantasy triumph is an epic saga of destiny and intrigue in a magical world as wondrous, and as real, as our own.

Conjured by a wizard to fight an ancient and magical war, Tristen is a man without a past, and a warrior of great skill. The keen blade of his sword, marked Illusion on one side and Truth on the other, has already helped him win the throne of Ylesuin for the young king Cefwyn. As reward, Tristen has been made Duke of Amefel. Tristen's rule in Amefel is blessed with two extraordinary friends: one a stalwart soldier, the other a young rebel with royal blood. But the scarlet banners of war are unfolding again, and far more than a kingdom is at stake. Now Tristen must take up the sword--as well as the Sihhë magic he has forsworn. He is destiny's own, created a combatant in a far older and more fearsome conflict than any ever imagined by mere mortal man. And he is about to do battle once more.

The walls between the worlds are down. A new unfolding has begun... It started long ago, as a war between the shadowy Immortals that persists today, as the wizard Mauryl's Shaping confronts the Shadows summoned from Chaos. Tristen is that Shaping. Both more and less than human, he successfully fought sorcery's evil tides, a victory that brought his friend Cefwyn both a kingdom and true love. But the Lines that hold the world in place are shifting again. A ruthless enemy is preparing for battle. Once again, Tristen will take up the sword inscribed with "Truth" and "Illusion" on its blade. But he faces more than war and a pretender to Cefwyn's throne. The Shadows he sees are straight from Ruin -- a flow of darkness covering the world like ink...

Two surprising allies have emerged to aid the embattled ruler in a struggle he must win: Cefwyn's two young sons. Aewyn Marhanen is the prince destined to rule. Aewyn's half-brother, Elfwyn Aswydd—the bastard son of the king and the sorceress Tarien Aswydd—has spent years unaware of his parentage, yet now it is his time to emerge and claim the gifted birthright he's been denied for so long.

But a dark, sinister magic has crept close to the young man and seized hold of the kingdom. Nothing is as it seems, as the bonds of family strain against the powerful forces that would see them undone—and the battle is joined to unmask and destroy the malevolence that threatens to unhinge the king's peaceful and fragile reign.

В мире наступило переходное время, когда человек с огнем и мечом пришел на земли, слышавшие раньше лишь отзвуки нечеловеческих голосов. В период подъема человека и гибели магии осталось лишь одно нетронутое место — небольшой лес Элдвуд, лес, в котором время текло в своей плоскости и совершенно по-иному, чем во всем мире. Арафель Сидха, живущая на этой земле, гордится ею и любит ее намного сильнее, чем любой другой представитель ее расы.

Битвы остались позади, мир пришел в Долину Кер-Велла. Земля щедра к тем, к кому благоволит Арафель. Но к сожалению остальные земли королевства начинают завидовать благополучию Кирана, а зависть Донкада, его брата, взращивают темные эльфы — ситхи.

в переработанном виде вошел в состав романа «Эльфийский камень сна»

В переработанном виде повесть вошла в состав романа «Эльфийский камень сна».

Единственный оставшийся в живых после сражения космический корабль, капсула выживания Керта Моргана, находит планету земного типа в неизвестной звездной системе. Керт должен либо быстро приспособиться к причудливому ландшафту и еще более странным жителям, либо погибнуть. Он начинает изучать законы жизни чужой расы, их культуру, чтобы полностью приспособить в дальнейшем свое поведение к их непростому миру со сложными нравами. Керт стремится стать ключевой фигурой в их обществе.