The mastermind has been revealed, but can he be stopped?
Adelko and Horskram have finally learned who is trying to reunite the Headstone of Ma’amun – now they must confront the cabal and prevent it using the anti-relic to summon the Fallen One back to the Known World. But with just one fragment remaining unsecured, the intrepid monks are running out of time to prevent the unthinkable.
Meanwhile, the Free Kingdoms and Sassanian Sultanates erupt into full-blown war, as the mastermind’s agents foment conflict across the realms of mortalkind. Adhelina finds herself courted once again – but this time as a major power-broker. Can she save herself and her people, or is she destined to be nothing more than a pawn for high-born lords that seek to use her?
Finally, Torgun mulls his Wyrd, glimpsed from afar at the edge of the world, and prepares stoically to meet his doom... His hero’s homecoming is destined to be fraught with peril, as he fights to save Northalde from conquest and enslavement.
Classic horror and mythopoetic storytelling intertwine in this epic tale of war, intrigue, faith, and magic.