Book II of Averidan. The trouble with the city of Mishbil is that it got its life from the waters of the Dragon - and the Dragon is under an enchantment. Zaryas, the Shan King's viceroy, called upon the great magician Xerlanthor to set the Dragon right - but Xerlanthro had schemes of his own and besides, he wasn't much on hydromancy. So he set the Dragon wild and when Zaryas saw her city going underwater, she knew she would lose her head. As for Xerlanthor, his double game was working out very well - for a black magician. But in Averidan, nothing works out the way it's expected - especially under the fantasy rule of the Crystal Crown. Cover art by Vincente Segrelles.