Hundreds of years ago, a prophecy was made saying that He Who Gone Away would one day definitely return, and with him the eternal Darkness would come into the world. This time has come, and the elderly magician Stior, who has devoted his entire life to waiting for the great Return, goes in search of a newborn baby. The threat to the world turns out to be so great that even such irreconcilable enemies as the Church and the Empire Above must unite in the fight against it. The “Three Roads to Darkness” duology is in one volume. Contents: Three Roads to Darkness. Comprehension (novel), pp. 5-374Three roads into Darkness. Change (novel), pp. 375-733