by Paul Lytle
A dark conspiracy takes the lives to two Prophets, and the remaining Prophets seek the infants who will replace their fallen allies. But the wicked ern are also seeking them, and no one is quite sure why. The world is rocked as the battle spreads across the land. Meanwhile, in a tiny farming village, Barrin Iylin is left to raise his new son alone when his wife dies in childbirth. Such a task would be hard enough, but Barrin soon finds out that the ern are targeting his son with those born on...