PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: AGE OF LEGEND ISBN 9781944145293. In this 5th entry of the 'Legends of the First Empire' series, barred by the tower of Avempartha, the western army cannot invade the Fhrey homeland. It must seek a way across the Nidwalden River before the Fane can obtain the secret of dragons. As time runs out for both humanity and the mystic Suri, the only chance for the living rests with the dead.