Loyalty comes at a price . . .

Vous has ascended to godhood and Eric and Aziel return to the castle to defeat the Arch Mage. The sky dragons offer Eric a throne, and objects of great power - but what do they want in return?

Meanwhile, at World''s End, the haiyens have made contact. They say they have come to help, but is it possible they have another agenda?

The climax of the Pendulum Trilogy, a visionary work of imaginative fantasy from one of genre fiction''s most exciting new voices.