It was once a land ravaged by war, minor city states, baronies and principates f
ight for supremacy, and then the rival cities of Tali and Quon formed an allianc
e and so Quon Tali came into being.
However that was generations ago, that dyn
asty has collapsed and the regional powers are now clawing at each others throat
s once more. But at the heart of Quon Tali lies the powerful city state of Li He
ng which has for centuries enjoyed relative stability under the guidance of the
powerful sorceress known as the "Protectress".
She is not someone likely to t
olerate the arrival of two particular young men in her domain: one is determined
to prove he is the most skilled assassin of his age; the other is his quarry -
a Dal Hon mage who is proving annoyingly difficult to kill. The sorceress and he
r cabal of five mage servants were enough to repel the Quon Tali Iron Legions, s
o how could two such trouble-makers upset her iron-fisted rule?
