In the grim nation of Nidal, carefully chosen children are trained topractice dark magic, summoning forth creatures of horror and shadow for thegreater glory of the Midnight Lord. Isiem is one such student, a promising youngshadowcaster whose budding powers are the envy of his peers. Upon coming of age, he's dispatched on a diplomatic mission to the mountains of the Devil's Perch, where he's meant to assist the armies of devil-worshiping Cheliax in clearingout a tribe of monstrous winged humanoids. Yet as the body count rises and Isiemcomes face to face with the people he's exterminating, lines begin to blur, andthe shadowcaster must ask himself who the real monsters are...
From Liane Merciel, critically acclaimed author of The River King's Roadand Heaven's Needle, comes a fantastical tale of darkness andredemption set in the award-winning world of the Pathfinder RoleplayingGame.
