In a realm where magic is life, Joram was one of the dead. Born w/out power, he was denied his royal birthright & sentence to the Turning--his mind to be imprisoned inside a husk of living stone. Yet at the last moment, Saryon took his place, suffering the eternal torment for his young master. And Joram & his wife Gwendolyn vanished into the mists that marked the Border of the world.Now, 10 yrs later, Joram & Gwendolyn have returned to reaclaim their rightful place in Merilon. Wielding one last time the terrible, magic-thirsting darksword, Joram must confront the evil sorcerer Menju & his army of Technologists from beyond the Border in a final apocalyptic battle. Rejoined by Saryon, the mage Mosiah & Simkin, Joram will fulfill the ancient prophecy of the darksword--the prophecy that puts in his hands the power to destroy the world - or save it.