Michael Liddle: Into the Abyss

"Cralnywni dor raca! Now meet your death!"
These words were not spoken to Michael Liddle but the possibility of death draws ever nearer due to the machinations of the Eldest of the Eldest and the continuing plotting of Rogdul.
Though stymied in his latest attempt to kill Michael and prevent him from obtaining the second component to the Ideema Gift, the First of Cru's thirst for revenge remains unabated and he conspires to thwart Michael's on-going efforts to recover the last two remaining modules of the Gift. Like a chess game, Rogdul moves his "pieces" ever closer to place Michael into check and bring an end to his life.
Not satisfied with what Michael explained of his troubles, over the following months Abigail Bruder concocts a series of schemes designed to uncover what else he is hiding from her.
And the plotting behind the scenes extends to Tiana itself. Civil war has broken out on Alowyn's home world and Count Tarjon finds his hold on power slipping from his grasp through the veiled instigations of the Elhadra. And neither they nor any other Tylani are aware of the abyss of secrets which lay hidden under the waters of Tiana, secrets which will lead to the world where the third component is hidden, a world which makes the trials and near-death experiences that Michael and his friends have faced previously pale in comparison.
And Maddy Ellis sinks deeper into her own personal abyss as the nightmares from the events at Smith's Falls rise still further over the course of the following year to live at the edges of her consciousness, and convincing her that she is losing her mind, a year fraught with danger and complications for everyone.