Nicci has gone by many names and faced many challenges, but now she faces her greatest test yet on a perlious journey into uncharted lands.

'And the Sorceress must save the world'.

Guided by the witch-woman Red's mysterious prophecy, Nicci and her companions Nathan and Bannon make their way south of Kol Adair towards Ildakar, a fabled city shrouded behind time. But the grotesque omens on their path - severed heads on pikes, a monster born of dark arts, and a petrified army of half a million - are just a taste of the unimaginable horrors that await within the Shroud of Eternity.