Journey to Aprilioth

"Aprilioth... the White City, place of marvels glittering on an island at the end of the world, half ridden in fable. Here fled the Ancestors, after the sea rose up like a mountain to destroy the great unfinished circle of stones with which they had meant to bind the power of the Old Gods. Now fish swim among the fine towers where once birds sang, and the stone circle remains unfinished, the Old Gods unbound. Now indeed the Old Gods stir again; stars fall, the earth is restless. And so a young man sets off on a quest for Aprilioth, in search of some shred of the old knowledge that may bind the Old Gods at last and be the salvation of his people. He has been granted a vision fit for the journey: the Old Man at the center, the Lady with peril in her eyes; the Sorceress who waits; the Beast who bars the path; the Star that never perishes; the Broken Tower where the last answer lies."--Back cover.