About the book: 2005 / The World of Islands, whose peoples NEVER mix with each other... A world of tiny kingdoms, endlessly concluding alliances and waging wars... A world in which, from time immemorial, there have been TWO magical schools - Silv, who believe that witchcraft has the right to ONLY be light, and Dun, who profess the dark side of magic. Until recently, their adherents believed that a bad peace is better than a good quarrel... But now on the distant island of Gorthan, the Great Master of Dun-magic Mordred has reigned, dreaming of subjugating ALL ISLANDS to his power - and on the Middle Archipelago, Silv-magi, calling themselves Guardians - and also dreaming of HIGHER POWER. The war begins - and those caught in its flames will no longer find it easy to distinguish Light from Darkness...