Jamère est prisonnier de son propre corps que commande désormais son double, Fils-de-Soldat. Sans pouvoir intervenir, il assiste aux efforts de ce dernier pour convaincre les Ocellions de changer de tactique afin de chasser les Gerniens de leurs terres. Les Opulents entrent dans la danse.Dans le troisième volume de cette magnifique trilogie, le malheureux jeune homme achève ainsi un périple au fond de son être double, lequel va le conduire aux portes de la mort. Avec une intrigue de plus en plus serrée, des protagonistes dont chaque coup, comme aux échecs, force les adversaires à modifier leur position, la tension monte sans cesse jusqu’aux pages ultimes de cette saga saluée dans le monde entier.

The final book in the Soldier Son from the author of the Tawny Man and Farseer trilogies, following on from the bestselling Shaman’s Crossing and Forest Mage. The people of Gettys remember the death of their cemetery soldier vividly. They remember believing him guilty of unspeakable crimes, condemning him, and then watching as other men of his unit beat him until he no longer drew breath. But Nevare Burvelle didn't die that day, though everyone believes they saw it happen. He was cornered by a power far more intractable than an angry mob. When he was a boy, the magic of the Specks – the dapple-skinned tribes of the frontier forests – claimed Nevare as a saviour; severing his soul in two, naming his stolen half Soldier's Boy and shaping him into a weapon to halt the Gernian expansion into their lands and save their beloved ancestor trees. Until now Nevare has defied the magic, unable to accept his traitorous fate. But the magic has won: it has extinguished his once golden future, devastated his family and has now turned his own people against him. Faced with endangering the only loved-ones he has left, Nevare has no choice but to surrender to its will and enter the forest. But surrendering to his Speck destiny is only the beginning of his trials. Before he submits completely, Nevare makes one desperate last attempt to deter the Gernians from the Barrier Mountains without causing them harm. But the magic accepts no compromise. Exhausted, Nevare can no longer suppress his traitorous Speck self, Soldiers Boy. Losing control, he becomes a prisoner in his own body; able only to watch helplessly as his other half takes Soldier's Boy is determined to stop the Gernian expansion at all cost, and unlike Nevare, he has no love, nor sympathy for his spirit-twin's world.