Cette série plonge les lecteurs dans un royaume assiégé par d'anciennes malédictions et les ténèbres grandissantes. Suivez les voyages de héros improbables alors qu'ils affrontent une magie périlleuse et des adversaires mortels. C'est une saga épique de courage, de sacrifice et de lutte pour la survie face à des obstacles écrasants. Préparez-vous à une aventure palpitante où le destin et le devoir se heurtent dans des royaumes au bord de la ruine.
In a distant corner of the Seven Kingdoms, an ancient curse festers and grows, consuming everything in its path. Only one man can break it: Harkeld of Osgaard, a prince with mage's blood in his veins. But Prince Harkeld has a bounty on his head - and assassins at his heels.
The Seven Kingdoms are in the grip of an ancient and terrible blood curse. Thousands have died. Thousands more will die. Only one man can end the curse. The fugitive Osgaardan prince, Harkeld, is that man - whether he likes it or not. But the bounty on Harkfeld's head is high. He has outrun his father's soldiers, but he can't outrun the assassins who seek him - Fithians, trained in the art of killing. Even the Sentinel mages who guide and guard him are no mtch for Fithian steel. Faced with the ever-present threat of death, Harkeld must learn to use his fire magic. Or die. Meanwhile dark plots are unfolding in Osgaard's gold-tiled palace, snaring Princess Brigitta and those she loves. And in the eastern kingdoms, yound orphan Jaume journeys with a band of mysterious and dangerous fighters, heading north for a purpose he does not understand.
"A curse is ravaging the Seven Kingdoms. Fugitive Osgaardan prince, Harkeld, is the one person who can destroy it. Guarded by Sentinel mages, pursued by Fithian assassins, he begins the final --and most dangerous -- stage of his quest: entering the cursed kingdom of Sault, where drinking even one drop of water means madness and death"--Back cover