Synopsis: They fought for racial purity in Phadriag. All around were monsters, but the stern hierarchy of the old city was ruthless. Patrick Cormac was their great defender - where he stood, the monsters would be halted. But the long-heralded birth of the one-eyed babe broke the tradition. Not only was it impossible to slay this god-to-be but Patrick himself became its first convert. Beyond the walls of Phadraig lay the route to the new era that was to be... and there Patrick and his brave companions brought One-Eye to the mutants - and to the tower where the last of the old science wizardry still held the centuries in thrall. (from the back cover of the DAW Books first edition)