First in The Tenabran Trilogy.
'We - the Tenabrans - we stood before the Dark. We are among the first. Tell your children that. And picture this: the castle of Ys, the outer faces of its walls washed with golden fire. Flame gushed out of the sluices to light and burn the Dark, and the night was wicked with flying steel and thick with magic . . .'
A sword maiden, a small Tenabran force and a young man called Will de Parkin: together they must defeat the unnatural armies of the Dark, and save the castle Ys.
This is an epic tale of magic, goblins and knights in armour, set in a beautifully realised fantasy world.
Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Australian Children's Book and Aurealis Award Winner for Fantasy Fiction.
