About the book: 2007 / How much blood must be shed before peace finally comes? How many more friends and associates will the legendary Richard Cypher, Lord, have to lose Ralu, the Seeker of Truth? Perhaps something will finally be decided by an open battle with the ruthless Dreamwalker Jegan, who is conquering more and more lands and establishing the terrible power of Darkness over them? The Confessors cannot - or do not want - to answer this question, for whom there is no secrets. This means that Richard will have to go out into battle again with the Lord of Darkness - and in the thunder of weapons and the silence of the fallen he will learn the Ninth Rule of the Wizard…