About the book: 1999 / FALLEN EMPIREThe great city of Thrall is destroyed. For seven years it lay under the rule of Lord Faran Gaton, servant of the Eternal Night, the power of the sun diminishing every day. To save the dying sun, the servants of the God of Light - led by Jaial Illgill - have obtained two of the three artifacts needed to stop darkness from consuming the world. But without the third talisman, the prophecy about the Light Bearer will not be fulfilled... A NEW DAWN Three warriors of the God of Light lead their exhausted army to the ancient city of Iskyard. It is in it, so the prophecy says, that the sun can be rekindled. Jaial Illgill and Urthred, the Fire Priest, must lead Thalassa, the Light-Bearer, to the Shadow Rod. Then she will be able to fulfill her destiny. But in the tunnels under Iskiard, the Double of Jayal awaits them, as well as Faran, burning with vengeance, who passionately desires Thalassa, even though she will die when eternal night falls on the world…