Separated at birth.
Nobody alive knew how the feud between Storn and Hammefell had begun, but that didn't stop the fighting.
When Storn's men burned Hammerfell's castle, his infant twin sons were separated, and each grew up thinking himself the rightful Duke of Hammerfell.
Conn, raised in the mountains by his father's paxman, continued to fight the Storns.
Alastair grew up with his mother in Thendara and planned to marry his cousin Floria.
But when Conn came to Thendara to seek King Aiden's help and the twins encountered each other, it changed all their lives.
About the Author Marion Zimmer Bradley is probably best known for her Darkover novels and her best-selling Arthurian novel THE MISTS OF AVALON.
In addition to her novels, Mrs.
Bradley edited many magazines, amateur and professional, including Marion Zimmer Bradley's FANTASY Magazine, which she started in 1988, and an annual anthology, SWORD AND SORCERESS.
For more information, see her website: www.
mzbworks.