The Truest Power

THE TRUEST POWER

THE HEART OF THE SCEPTER
Rulerless Aghamore totters on the brink of catastrophic civil war, even though the blind seer Lysandra, her wolf companion (loud Dancer, and the priest Renan have found Sella, the young girl who possesses the innate wisdom to save the land. Yet Selia's sole proof of her right to the throne is an obscure prophecy in a forbidden scroll -- a fragile claim that has no power as the armies of eight rival barons converge on the capital, an enemy nation invades from the north...and evil sorceries assail the Church and corrupt the bishops who must choose the new liege. But even if Selia overcomes those obstacles and demonic magic, Lysandra's recurring visicum portend that the moment the girl accepts the royal scepter. Selia -- and all hope for Aghamore -- will die...