When a bandit gang seizes High Windward, holding the Storn family hostage, the laran powers of the oldest son Loran are the familyâs only hope. Reaching out with those powers, he finds a young Terran, Dan Barron, and âovershadowsâ his mind,
sending him on a desperate rescue mission to Aldaran Castle. But the âhelpâ that the powerful Aldaran family offers may be far more dangerous than any bandit. For what they offer is use of the terrible Sharra Matrixâdreaded weapon of the Ages of Chaos.