When the First Gods created all things, they brought forth two lesser
gods, Tharn and Balatur, to walk upon the new world. But greed and
power twisted their minds and turned their ambition into madness. And
so the First Gods condemned them to eternal sleep in order to preserve
creation.
Now, the exiled prince Calandryll, the mercenary Bracht, and the
warrior woman Katya pursue Rhythamun, a powerful wizard who would wake
one of the mad gods and provoke apocalypse. He carries with him the
Arcanum, an ancient book of power that – simply by virtue of having
been discovered – already stirs the god from his slumber.
But Calandryll and his companions are chased by another vengeful mage,
whose dark magics have created Cennaire, an undead murderess, to thwart
their efforts. And as they face the perils of civil war, magical
assaults, and the ever-present threat of Cennaire's treachery to reach
Rhythamun before he wakes the god, they live with the knowledge that
the fate of the world rests solely in their hands.
