Description: In the second book of The Scepter of Mercy, the troubled, dual reign of Kings Lanius and Grus is threatened by civil war in the north and the half-mindless thralldom of the Menteshe to the south. The kings must reclaim the all-powerful Scepter before the Banished One's advantage becomes insurmountable-and their people discover just how formidable an enemy he truly is...