The Time of the Dark

In "The Time of the Dark," the first installment of Barbara Hambly's Darwath Trilogy, Gil Patterson, a medieval history student, is haunted by nightmares of dark forces threatening a fragile kingdom. Her dreams become reality when a wizard arrives from another dimension, seeking her assistance to protect an infant prince crucial to humanity's survival. As she confronts this otherworldly evil, Gil's understanding of history is about to transform in ways she never anticipated.