The Ginger Star (The Book of Skaith, Volume 1)

Where was Simon Ashton?

Ashton had disappeared somewhere - somehow - on Skaith, the dying planet of the Ginger Star, and Stark was determined to find him, no matter what the cost.

Everyone on this exotic planet had heard of the strange Dark Man from another world, but no one was talking. Not the Farers. Not the Wandsmen. Not even the Irnanese.

All clues led to the mysterious North - stronghold of the tyrannical Lords Protector, whose impregnable castle fortress was guarded by the infamous telepathic Northhounds. And Stark was on his way, despite the price on his head and the fatal prophecy of a beautiful priestess...