In this fourth book of The Malloreon Garion & his companions continue their desperate search for Zandramas the child of dark & abductor of Garions baby son Geran. Led by the orb from Mallorea to the island of Melcena they discover the place where the sardion once rested & also find Senji a self-taught wizard whose undamaged copy of the Ashabine oracles carries a message for Garion from the evil god Torak. As Zandramass intention to fulfil the Dark Destiny becomes clear Garion & his friends know that they must travel to Kell. There they will discover from the Malloreon Gospels the truth of their ultimate destination The Place Which Is No More. But the friends are not alone in their search as the prophecies of Cyradis the Seeress of Kell begin to be fulfilled. THUS CONTINUES BOOK FOUR OF THE MALLOREON