Ciara's Song

Now comes a new chronicle about the hidden realms of the Witch World...The Darkness Over Karsten...

Ciara of Elmsgarth is only a small girl when the edict is issued by the Duke of Kars: Kill All With Witch Blood, And Take All They Own. A greedy mob murders her family, but Ciara is protected by the powerful Lord Tarnoor and his son, Trovagh. Safe in the isolated, siege-proof citadel of Aiskeep, Ciara and Trovagh grow, marry, raise children.

Then the folly that grips Karsten worsens. Bigotry and corruption lead to crime, civil strife, war, and poverty-and the rise of an evil sorcerer, a black mage on a vendetta to destroy all Ciara has, and everyone she holds dear...