One Mage wants to save the world, the other to destroy it. Each needs the help of the other.
Young Mage Raji Al’Xacxa is forced to flee his home in the mountains when the same dark creatures who murdered his parents come in search of him. A mysterious minstrel helps to organise his escape along with a mercenary and an orphaned village boy, sending them to join a raven-haired swordswoman with a quest of her own. Together, the four journey to the northern kingdom of Valaria in search of answers, a journey which leads them to the Rose Tower, seat of power of the Order of Mages. There, they find themselves caught up in a tangled web of murder and political intrigue, soon discovering that this is only the beginning of a much larger struggle, one whose outcome will determine the very existence of their world.
The Two Mages is the first book in the Ilkwar Saga, an epic fantasy series in the vein of J.R.R. Tolkien, Raymond E. Feist and Robert Jordan.