When the incredible happens, when a powerful spell raises an ancient prophet from the grave, when the ruler of the forces of Darkness acquires a new weapon, the power of which neither people nor fighting dragons can resist, when the Rose Empire is doomed to fall under the onslaught of Darkness - in such times despair is meaningless and humility. The only hope for the world is a preemptive strike, which must be delivered to the center of Evil before this Evil becomes omnipotent... The magical arms race takes a new turn in Christopher Rowley's fourth novel about the dragoner Relkin and his battle dragon.© Christopher Rowley, 1995. Proofreading , design, adding illustrations and comments. Unification of titles, terms and names for all books in the series, correction of translation errors. Finalization of maps. Correcting translation inaccuracies from the original - Alex. Illustrations - Kirill Garin.