A dangerous fantastic adventure with the goal of saving an unusual world where ancient alchemical knowledge intertwines with unique technologies. Prophecy proclaimed that she was destined to destroy the world… Urth is a world grown by the Mother Below under the face of the Father Above. Half of it is burned by the sun; the other half is plunged into eternal cold. Here it is possible to live only along a narrow strip between the dead polar halves, called the Crown. This harsh planet is in danger, and only an alliance of four can save it.
An apprentice of the Swamp Enclosure with the gift of clairvoyance who saw the End of the World, sentenced to death and escaped from it; the king’s son, His Naughtiness—Prince-in-the-House—doomed to remain forever in the shadow of the heir-brother, but who made a decisive step out of the shadows; a fallen knight forced to break his oath: never to touch steel again or return to his native lands; a fugitive convict who found a flickering artifact in the darkness of the dungeons, an artifact capable of igniting the Great War.
Chased by old and new enemies, they have to trust one another in order to survive and solve an ancient secret. It holds the key to salvation. But doom is getting closer with every breath… “A talented storyteller who effortlessly drifts from thriller to fantasy and back. Incredible narration.” — Terry Brooks “A powerful, brilliant epic fantasy from an outstanding novelist.” — Jonathan Mayberry “As a virtuoso master of genre-crossing, James is simply at the peak of his form here.” — Robert Salvatore “Rollins is what happens when you put Dan Brown and Michael Crichton into an adron collider.” — New York Times