Deze epische sage dompelt lezers onder in een brutaal conflict tussen de mensheid en demonische krachten die het bestaan zelf bedreigen. Het volgt dappere helden terwijl ze meedogenloze duivelse machten trotseren, waarbij hun moed, opoffering en morele grenzen op de proef worden gesteld. De strijd om te overleven ontvouwt zich in een rijk verbeelde wereld vol politieke intriges en intense magische gevechten. Fans van high fantasy zullen de complexe lore en de meeslepende verhaallijn waarderen.
A lost race of elves, the taredhel or 'people of the stars' have found a way across the universe to reach Midkemia. On their current home world, these elves are hard pressed by a ravaging demon horde, and what was once a huge empire has been reduced to a handful of survivors.
Ten years beyond the Darkwar, the demon hordes are relentless in their quest to subjugate a realm of magic and wonder . . . The defeat of the Demon King Maarg hasn't stemmed the death tide, and an even graver danger now looms. The fearsome demon Dahun and the mad necromancer Belasco have joined forces—a union of black magics that no power on Midkemia may be strong enough to withstand. The conflict has already claimed the lives of nearly everyone dear to the Black Sorcerer Pug. In uneasy alliance with the Conclave of Shadows, Midkemia's clandestine protectors, the distraught champion must stand firm against the demonic plague that has overrun worlds. And at the gates of darkness—where shadows hide deeper shadows—Midkemia's most terrible battle will be joined . . . as a malevolence beyond anything that came before is unleashed upon the world.