The King's bride has been taken hostage, the Freethinker Swordsmen are sent into a storm of Dark Magicks; the Archmage tangles with a powerful rival seeking to seize the Crown; another powersword calls for rescue; the imprisoned arch-demon seeks, reaches, threatens, and manipulates. A disparaged bishop initiates a forbidden and deadly mage-hunt, seeking to spoil the favored Swordsmen and gain influence. RECLAMATION: CLASH OF THE FAITHS is the second volume of THORNS OF THE CROWN, continuing the tapestry of events and persons introduced in A BRIDGE OF DOOM, expanding the tales and histories of the world of FE'eck spinning under a double star.