Icefalcon's Quest

A brilliant new fantasy from the author of the bestselling Darwath series, Icefalcon's Quest is a follow-up to Hambly's Mother of Winter.The Icefalcon's first mistake was to rescue the old man named Linok. His second mistake was to leave Tir, his young charge in the old man's care...Linok was not as he seemed, and when he disappeared, snatching Tir away with him, the Icefalcon begins a desparate quest to rescue his charge. But this will be no ordinary struggle, for against the Icefalcon come hellish furies - an army of ghostly soldiers horrifically constructed, demons of the air and magic so dark it terrifies him. There is also Hethya, the young woman who was once in Linok's care. She claims to be possessed by a spirit who lived in the Time of the Dark and believes it knows the secret in the crypt below the Keep, the target against which all the forces of darkness are gathering...