Dark Matta — James Lever

In defiance of the direst of warnings from the Goddess that measures and cuts the thread of life, Estieven, the powerful mage who exhibits versatility and imagination in all aspects of arcane magic, continues to make extensive use of a sorcerous artefact in pursuance of his self-appointed role as defender of The Five Kingdoms.In collaboration with his niece, Kleo Beth and guided by prescient visions, the secrets of the Wards of Earthpower are laid bare to deliver a bargaining chip that will challenge the very Gods themselves. And at last, the ambiguous wording of the Tainekan Prophesy begins to unravel and, deploying the powers of arcane magic simultaneously on many fronts - under and over water; in the darkest bowels of the earth and in the firmament above - Estieven attempts to thwart the many-layered cabals that threaten his world.Coincident with the inevitable showdown between native and alien cultures, a portentous event of nature occurs, the harbinger of momentous changes in the order of things, to provide a thrilling and cataclysmic climax to the Magesty trilogy.