Last Ridings, the name given to the small patch of Arrun where dwell the remaining survivors of Raheen. It is here Gawain's Hall is to be built, here Elayeen hopes to build a home and unearth a fortress in which to protect her unborn son, here the new Prince of Raheen is to be born and raised.

But the worms will not cease their squirming and Gawain cannot ignore them. Croptop Hill, Armun Tal, Salaman Goth, the fall of Pellarn. The Orb of Arristanas and the Shadow of Calhaneth. The Battle of Far-gor, and a Morgmetal spike buried in a tunnel beneath the farak gorin and hidden for 1300 years. The pieces are coming together, and while all eyes are drawn now to the west, Gawain knows nothing good comes from the north. What he does not expect is what awaits him in the east...