Their futures have been foretold…Killop knows his destiny, but the enslaved warrior could not be further from it.Captured by a powerful race descended from reptiles, the forked tongues of the Rahain are not the only legacies of their heritage; the Rahain elite are cold-blooded tyrants who will stop at nothing to stay on top.Together with a battle mage in exile, an old politician, and a refugee who possesses the darkest powers of all, can a slave overturn the balance of power in the Magelands?Having arrogantly ruled the world for centuries, the Rahain now face their greatest test – will they withstand the prophecies that threaten to bring their civilisation down……or will fate destroy them?