New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Author's first book, a fantasy novel."Tobyn-Ser is a gentle, bounteous land of small villages and close-knit communities, of dark woods and swift-running streams, of broad plains and clear lakes. But its idyllic peace is being disturbed by terrible rumors of mages seen committing horrible, violent acts, destroying crops, burning villages to the ground, and murdering innocents. The rumors even say that Theron may have returned from beyond death." INSCRIBED on the "thanks for your kindness and your support, all the best" and dated 10/20/1998. Map. 383 pp. Jacket art by Romas. ISBN: 0-312859066.