Elves once ruled the world of Anon. But Elves have vanished without leaving a trace of where they went or what happened to them. Now is the time of man. In the rubble of the elves, he finds the magic they left behind. An arms race between the kingdoms of man developed. The first to understand and control the Elven magic will rule the world. It has been 10 years since the Great War with the Kingdom of Emos. Now Emos is back on the attack, using and wielding more magic than ever before. Queen Bellfourth's spies have informed her that Emos has discovered an ancient Elven Citadel; the source of their magic. She launches a daring plan to destroy the citadel. Her plan calls for an elite force to travel to Emos, locate the citadel and destroy it. She decided to lead the mission herself for personal reasons, But the mission will not stand a chance if the three kingdoms don't unite and attack Emos. Given the bad history between the kingdoms, she wonders if a alliance is possible.

Like most people, Irina Gorski has a past. A past that she wants to keep secret. She had fought in the war against Emperor Lalani were she was a member of a secret military organization call the Arcanum Mortis. Her job was to do the impossible tasks which usually required a flexible set of moral standards. A job in which she excelled. It has been 15 years since the end of the war, and she is now a Maintenance Chief on an out of the way research station. The job was fine with Irina because all she wanted to do was raise her daughter, Pearl. Her biggest fear was her daughter finding out about her past. Things are fine for her until one day a terrorist group called the Brotherhood decide that they are going to make her remote out of the way planet their new home world. Now she has to use her training from the past to try to stop the Brotherhood and save her daughter as well as the researchers and their families. Irina wondered which was harder, keeping secrets or raising a teenage daughter.

Here is the third volume in Robert Stanek's magnificent Ruin Mist Chronicles. Filled with mystery, intrigue, adventure, and magic the books transport us to a world unlike any other. Praised as an "instant" classic, Robert Stanek's outstanding series has quickly become a favorite. Kingdom Alliance (Ruin Mist Chronicles Book 3) Two dozen elves set out from Leklorall, the capital of East Reach. After an ambush at sea only a handful survived, of those only two reached the far shores of the great sea. Their names were Seth and Galan and they sided with Great Kingdom during the Battle of Quashan', helping to defend the valley city with skills and speeds no living man had ever seen before. But success on the battlefield could not undo the past. Elves and men are mortal enemies, as it has been since the Great War when the elves of Under-Earth sought to enslave all the peoples of Ruin Mist. Now even as Seth attempts to sway Great Kingdom's leaders to stop the coming darkness, there are few who will truly listen--and even fewer who can look beyond the treachery of days past.

Terrowen Mytaldale never expected his brother Cassius, who recently returned from a three-year journey, to break Elven law and turn against his elven kin. The Elves are commanded to stay clear of the world of men, and told that any interference will only bring darkness to their people. The Elven Kingdom of Alorith has been tasked with keeping a record of the world. But when the megalomaniac Prince Cassius amasses an army to conquer Alorith and all other kingdoms, his brother Terrowen must set out his own quest to save his brother, as well as the entire world.Alliances shift and the results are disastrous. Terrowen will have to determine his fate; is it worth it to save the world from his brother and try to convince Cassius to come back to the light, even if it costs his own life?

The mission to destroy the citadel has not gone well Their guide took them on a journey where Queen Sara Bellfourth discovered peoples she never knew existing. Their guide, the Woodsman, assured her that there was another way into Emos. Their journey led them to a vast land that Sara did not know existed, the land of the dwarves. Dwarves were creatures of myth and legend. Just as she thought she could trust their guide, she found herself betrayed by him and is now a prisoner of the Dwarves. Unless she can find a way out, the fate of the war, her kingdom and her beloved husband who was captured by the Emos army, will all fall the evil Queen Hellicus.

The second volume in Stanek's Ruin Mist Chronicles follows elves Seth and Galan and their attempts to sway Great Kingdom's leaders to stop the coming darkness.