Oriaol is burning in a desperate gamble to preserve the last bastion of hope. The Shadows force a resolution between Bethena and their former queen with fatal consequences. Mastk realises the power is slipping from his grasp and tightens his hold on the lands. Catherine is forced to face her past and a future that may have repercussions to rival the tragedy of her former existence as Trisha Demarrage Sian Silmarin. Meanwhile the Sentenial seeks the Tear of Norith-Saer to fight the darkness choking the lands, undertaking a journey that may yet see him undone. The weight of his obligations and...

A stranger named John Diablo visits six individuals of diverse backgrounds, who seem to have no obvious connection to each other, to offer a second chance at life - an offer they are all highly motivated to accept due to the tragic circumstances of living in obscurity and failure. When the world turns, the consequences of the changes they accepted begin to have implications that may well make them wish they had refused, as their lives become entwined in a macabre gamble that can only end badly. Jack Gabriel, a New York detective, holds the key to unravel all that they believe, in a past they...