The war against Fahlin has gone badly, and the castles that once protected the kingdom of Aeresan against the ern now stand unmanned. The wicked ern are flowing into the land unhindered, and they are anxious to renew their search for the new Prophets. It is only a matter of time before they can mount another attack against the city of Saparen, and this time Saparen will have no reinforcements to protect them.
Ayrim Iylin, now a Thane of Saparen, must seek one of only two people in the world who can possibly save them – one of the two Prophets that have now been hidden over twenty years. And if one of those men cannot be found, the city will surely fall.
The Eighth Power continues as the Void’s dark power begins to reassert itself in Aeresan, and the search for the missing Prophets becomes desperate if anything is to be saved.
A thane now and guarding Saparen, Ayrim goes hunting for one of the two prophets hiding in the city, using good imagination and a little luck. With an enemy army of soulless beasts approaching, and with Ayrim's faith in the Six strained, there's not a lot of time.
Another solid historical fantasy with some good battle scenes and higher tension levels than the second book in the series, making it a good match for the first. The formatting errors are fewer, but still, some random paragraph returns are scattered in the second half of the book. Still, good read. Four stars.