A nameless undead awakens in an ancient crypt, and thus does the journeybegin. Drawn mysteriously toward the horizon, he ventures into a land of perilsbeyond death. A once shining kingdom has been fractured, and mindless Hollowsprowl the dark corners. To see it united and restored, the old king must befreed by his get-the youth Balarion. The undead and his companions, survivingchampions of the halcyon era, accompany Balaarion on this journey to release hisfather, battling foes both monstrous and clever. Yet it is not their enemiesthat give them doubt, it is their quest. Can a world so troubled truly be setright again, or is it fated to vanish into the dark?
