The curse of the Mistwraith (1993)

The Wars of Light and Shadow is complete in eleven novels, ending with Song of the Mysteries. Begin with The Curse of the Mistwraith. Wurts builds conflict around two half-brothers and the dangerous certainty of their followers, then keeps revising what the reader understands about motive and responsibility. Dense prose and withheld context are part of the undertaking. Its attraction is the sustained testing of convictions across a very long design.