The world has fallen from its former state. The war between the clans of the <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Black Road</st1:address></st1:Street> and the True Bloods has spread. <BR><BR>For Orisian, thane of the ruined Lannis Blood, there is no time to grieve the loss of his family, brutally slain by the invading armies. The <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Black Road</st1:address></st1:Street> must be stopped. However, as more blood is spilled on the battlefields, so each side in the conflict becomes more riven by internal dissent and disunity. <BR><BR>Amidst the mounting chaos, Aeglyss the <I>na'kyrim</I> uses his new-found powers to twist everything and everyone around him to serve his own mad desires.<BR><BR>Meanwhile, the long-dormant Anain are stirring - and when the most potent race the world has ever known returns, the bloodletting may never stop.<BR><BR>BLOODHEIR is the stunning sequel to <EM>Winterbirth</EM>, one of the most acclaimed epic fantasy debuts of recent years.