title: A Darkness at Sethanon (Riftwar Saga, Volume IV)
author:  Raymond E. Feist 
description: An evil wind blows through Midkemia. Dark legions have risen to crush the Kingdom of Isles and enslave it to dire magics. The final battle between Order and Chaos is about to begin in the ruins of the city called Sethanon.
  Now Pug, the Master Magician sometimes known as Milamber, must undertake an awesome and perilous quest to the dawn of time to grapple with an ancient and terrible Enemy for the fate of a thousand worlds.
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   **The X Factor**
  
   **By**
  
   **Andre Norton**
  
    
    
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   **Contents**
  
   _I_
  
   _II_
  
   _III_
  
   _IV_
  
   _V_
  
   _VI_
  
   _VII_
  
   _VIII_
  
   _IX_
  
   _X_
  
   _XI_
  
   _XII_
  
   _XIII_
  
   _XIV_
  
   _XV_
  
   _XVI_
  
   _XVII_
  
   _XVIII_
  
    
  
   **I**
  
  Even nighttime on Vaanchard was disturbing. It was not a time of peace in
  which one could hide. There were gemlike glints in the garden path, a soft
  luminescence to the growing things, new scents and—
  
  Diskan Fentress hunched over, his chin almost touching his knees, fingertips
  thrust into his ears. He had closed his eyes to his surroundings, too—though
  there was no way to filter those scents out of the air he breathed. His mouth
  worked; he was afraid he was going to be thoroughly and disastrously sick,
  right here where his shame would be public. Not that anyone would let him see
  their disgust, of course. Th