In this final volume, Ygorla is building her plans towards the domination of the realm of Chaos, having conquered the human dimension. Her arrogance and pride start to drive a wedge between herself and her demonic father. Meanwhile, Strann is continuing his undercover role, working for Chaos while continuing to pose as her abject slave. And for the reader it becomes clear that the gods of Order have their own agenda, which involves the manipulation of Calvi who has now become Ygorla's lover and a thoroughly unpleasant character.

The stakes become increasingly high as the story nears its culmination, and the resolution is completely satisfying. It was nice also to have Tarod, Yandros and Cyllan back from the Time Master trilogy. I really enjoyed the book, and the only reason I didn't read it more quickly is that I was also reading another book which I found a slog, but felt I should finish before this one. I would otherwise have stormed through this, and in fact finished it on the same day that I finally got through the other one. Hence I am awarding this a full 5 stars ( )