About the Book
Over a millennium ago, Erna, a seismically active yet beautiful world, was settled by colonists from far-distant Earth. But the seemingly habitable planet was fraught with perils no one could have foretold, and the colonists were soon caught in a desperate battle for survival against the fae, a terrifying natural force with the power to prey upon the human mind itself, drawing forth a person’s worst nightmare images or most treasured dreams and indiscriminately giving them life.
Twelve centuries after fate first stranded the colonists on Erna, mankind has achieved an uneasy stalemate, and human sorcerers manipulate the fae for their own profit, little realizing that demonic forces which feed upon such efforts are rapidly gaining in strength. Now, as the hordes of the dark fae multiply, four people are about to be drawn inexorably together for a mission which will force them to confront an evil beyond their imagining, in a conflict which will put not only their own lives but the very fate of humankind in jeopardy.
The Priest: Damien Vryce – a rebel, a warrior, one of the few men of his calling who believes that sorcery can, indeed, serve as a potent weapon in the war against evil, a man ready to sacrifice anything and everything in the name of human progress…
The Adept: Ciani of Faraday – one of the few humans born with the ability to see the fae and to alter it, she has devoted her life to the acquisition of knowledge. But a deadly evil from her mysterious past has marked her for vengeance, and its devastating assault leaves her no choice but to track down and destroy the demons who have robbed her of her lifelong powers and most of her memories…
The Apprentice: Senzei Reesse – Ciani’s friend and assistant, he has lived in the shadow of her power for many years, hungering to possess the adept’s talents which he knows can never be his…
The Sorcerer: Gerald Tarrant – an enigmatic figure of seductive elegance and chilling amorality, he draws his strength from a land immersed in perpetual darkness, and serves an evil will so powerful that it can alter the very balance between life and death…
Now a menace which even Tarrant has come to dread has invaded the human lands, and Ciani is only the first of its victims. Only the combined efforts of this uneasily allied foursome offers the least hope of finding and combating this ruthless, soul-devouring darkness. And so, with no other choice open to them, their journey begins…
