RIOTS, VIOLENCE, REVOLUTION AND ANARCHY threaten the peaceful North Kingdom, and the mysterious force behind the peril is almost ready to strike...

For Tadris Ashford, life is quiet. Danger turns him to his kingdom's plight, however, as he is confronted by savage creatures made of shadow. He soon understands that the world is hardly as it seemed. As a strange spirit begins to follow him, Tadris meets an old man who introduces him to an amazing underground world. He also meets Alcyhis exact opposite- whose spirited determination may lead directly into danger. Tadris must confront new...