Many races inhabit the land of Pandemia--imps, elves, fauns, djinns, and more. Only in remote Krasnegar do businesslike imps and warlike jotnar live in harmony. When Holindarn, king of that land, learns that he is dying, he sends his only child, Princess Inos, away to safety in the Impire, knowing that she cannot inherit peacefully. But the kingdom is the least part of her inheritance, for she is widely believed to have inherited a word of power as well. Only the stable boy Rap remains loyal. Realizing her danger, he sets off on a fearful trek through goblin-haunted frozen wastes to bring her warning. But Rap, too, is suspected of knowing one of those priceless words, and evil is on his track. So begins the saga. . . .

A sequel series, "A Handful of Men", revisits Rap and Inos many years later.

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