It is the second book of the Vaiden trilogy, comprising The Forge, The Store, and Unfinished Cathedral. All three books in the trilogy have been kept in print since the mid-1980s by the University of Alabama Press.
It is the sequel to the Vaiden trilogy, containing The Forge, The Store, and Unfinished Cathedral. Each book in this series has been available for publication since the 1980s through the University of Alabama Press.