Enchanter. Sara Douglass. 1996.

Axis has fled to Talon Spike, the home of the Icarii, where he must learn to wield his Enchanter powers to fulfil the Prophecy.

Somehow he must lead the Icarii,  and the Avarice back into Achar, defeat his half-brother Borneheld and reunite the former kingdom of Tencendor under his rule.

Meanwhile, Gorgrael waits impatiently for winter, to continue his destructive drive into the heart of Achar……