Fern Capel Series / Witch s Honour / Jan Siegel

A final confrontation between the Old Spirit, Azmordis, and our heroine, Fern. The world of myth and magic becomes ever more closely interwoven with reality: In cellars full of smoky shadows, dancers dance to primitive rhythms while painted frescoes on the walls melt and change; faceless motorcyclists patrol like evil knights; primeval symbols adorn new advertising campaigns; computers are haunted by unprogrammed messages. The Dark Tower of the ancient sagas is reborn as a sky-scraper cut with black glass. Where once he used pagan religions and tribal gods to gain control, the ancient spirit now uses the modern religions of money and greed to subjugate the hearts of men. He has gained dominion over another of Prospero’s children – another descendant of the lost Atlantis – a young man as gifted as Fern, and through him he can manipulate an economic empire greater than any single nation or deity. Add to this the fact that it is now 1000 years since the fall of Atlantis, the birth of the third millennium: a date of magical significance, and the long-lost Lodestone stirs once more …