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Thousands of years before the Age of Elminster, dragons rule the skies of Faern, and elves dominate the huge forests that cover the land. Only in the mighty, magical empire of Netheril are men a force to be reckoned with. Bored and haughty in his midair castle, the Netherese mage Candlemas bets fellow wizard Sysquemalyn that a certain barbarian who has caught his eye can survive the most savage tests his friend - and deadly rival - can devise. The only rule: The tests must offer the subject some slight chance to survive.

When Leah’s mother and grand-mother push her through a magic well in their backyard in order to escape a mysterious darkness, with an ominous directive to “retrieve the keys”, the last place she expects to come up for air in is a house for the children of gods. But—that’s exactly what happens. And the aforementioned keys? They’re kept inside the house, safe from the outside world and the mysterious Arcana, a magical secret society intent on stealing them.

Há algo de terrível que acontece nos dias de Duplo Astro Rei, algo que faz com que os habitantes da aldeia se escondam em suas casas e trancem as portas e janelas. Algo que faz com que o Jovem Colibri, um menino começando a conhecer o mundo, seja confinado em seu quarto. Mas o que será esse algo? Que mistério se oculta por trás desse fenômeno astronômico? Que perigo ronda a aldeia e ameaça a vida de alguns moradores? Ninguém sabe, ou ninguém quer dizer. E o Jovem Colibri se sente cada vez mais frustrado e angustiado à medida que cresce.