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The Armies of Daylight
by Barbara Hambly
PROLOGUE

When the wizard Ingold crossed the Void between worlds to save the infant
Prince Tir from the destruction of Gae, Gil Patterson and Rudy Solis tried to help
him. But one of the monstrous, evil Dark crossed behind him, and they were all
forced to flee back to the world of magic from which the wizard came.

It was a world where magic worked and where the loathsome Dark were
destroying humanity, after having lain almost forgotten in underground lairs for
three thousand years. And it was a world where the only hope for mankind lay in
the distant, ancient stone Keep of Dare, built to resist the previous ravages of the
Dark.

The King had fallen in Gae. Now Chancellor Alwir was the Regent, as brother to
young Queen Minalde. Vying for power was the Bishop Govannin, fanatic

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leader of the Straight Faith. And both Alwir and the Bishop feared Ingold.

The road to the Keep was a hell of cold and danger, with both the Dark and the
barbarian White Raiders taking toll on those who struggled through the freezing
mud. But Gil found herself accepted as one of the Guards. Rudy won the love of
Minalde and discovered that he had wizard powers. He became a student of
Ingold.

Once the remnant of humanity was established precariously in the Keep, Ingold
and Rudy set out for Quo, the city where the wizards ruled and protected all their
ancient lore. There had been no word from that city, and no magic of Ingold's
could reach through the veils of illusion guarding it. But when they reached Quo,
after two thousand miles of marching through hardship and danger, they found
the city in ruins—the Dark had been there. Of the wizards, only Lohiro remained