Die Völker Tencendors leiden unter der Herrschaft dunkler Mächte. Alle magischen Quellen sind versiegt, die heiligen Stätten entweiht, und das Böse schreitet unaufhaltsam voran. Caelum und Drago, Axis’ und Aschures Kinder, wollen nicht tatenlos zusehen und kämpfen mit dem Mut der Verzweiflung gegen die grausamen Dämonen und ihren gnadenlosen Herrn Qeteb. Doch im Flammeninferno von Karlon müssen sie erkennen, dass ihr Widerstand die Bestien nicht aufhalten kann. Alles scheint vergeblich und Tencendor dem Untergang geweiht.
Douglass was born in Penola, South Australia. She attended Annesley College, in Wayville, a suburb of Adelaide. She studied for her BA while working as a Registered Nurse, and later completed her PhD in early modern English History. She became a lecturer in medieval history at La Trobe University, Bendigo. While there she completed her first novel, BattleAxe, which launched her as a popular fantasy author in Australia, and later as an international success.
Until the mid-2000s, Douglass hosted a bulletin board on her website, with the aim of encouraging creative thinking and constructive criticism of others' work. She maintained an online blog about the restoration project of her house and garden entitled Notes from Nonsuch in Tasmania.
In 2008, Douglass was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She underwent treatment, but in late 2010 the cancer returned. She died on 27 September 2011, aged 54.