Accused of murdering his brother Roedanth faces the flame. Tainted by dark magic, tragedy and pain follows the lad from Crows Nest to Coowic where the Magi live. Journey into a world of mistrust and treachery: love and sacrifice. It is a place where darkness struggles to convert the truth.

Tarkeenia is awash with life - man and beast live side by side. Monsters hunt the shadows looking for a bite to eat and the tip of balance between dark and light, good and evil is tenuous, even on a good day.

Flesh eating Specks turn the living into dust, and the world is no longer safe. The Murrdock King has been murdered and Prince Pec must change myth into reality.

Strangers become friends, uneasy alliances are tainted by betrayal and self-gain, and unlikely heroes emerge to salvage what they can from a world on the brink of chaos. All strive to make do in a world bubbling with wild magic, as the lives of man and monster hang in the balance.