'There is a darkness coming, but I cannot yet see in what form...'
‘There is a darkness coming.’ The Vallorin’s words, spoken before he entombment.
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Millennia later, two worlds in two universes are on the brink of burning. Both will fade into darkness after. Connecting their shared fate is a linked past, a thread of light, and a tear in the fabric of space.
Valaris is threatened by the dara-witch Infinity and beyond Ardosia a Darak Or awaits the perfect opportunity to annihilate a world. When Taranis of the Guardians is summoned to witness what will happen to Valaris should Ardosia fail, he understands the Guardians require a sorcerer of extraordinary power.
Rain travels to Farinwood to find the magician Aven. As leader of the Mantle, he is aware Infinity has returned to Valaris to exact revenge for the death of her son, and he stumbles into the nightmare of children manipulated to become killers, but isn't prepared for what he actually finds. The Maghdim Medaillon, the thread of light between two realms.
Rain dreams of a little girl from another world crying for help and cannot fathom how, until he meets the Guardians. When they reveal the presence of a rift, Rain understands he is being gathered to fulfil his destiny...