Jacket painting by Carl Lundgren "By the laws of the Kingdom of Dorthar, most powerful of all the realms of Vis, the heir to the Storm Lord's throne is his lastborn son. Thus should the crown belong someday to Raidnor, ... Vis is a continent divided, dominated by the dark-haired, dark-skinned race of the Storm Lord... Only Raidnor stands between the Storm Lord and the horror of genocide. ..."