Coryn,Soren, and the Band preside over a new golden age of the Great Tree under thesubtle influence of the ember. All seems well, but beneath the prosperity ofpeace, Coryn is tortured by the suspicion that his evil mother, Nyra, is ahagsfiend and that his own blood carries the haggish taint. He wanders afar,searching for the truth from hagsfiends themselves-putting the Great Tree indanger.
