Wrack awakes in a shallow, mossy grave with no memory of how he got there or who he is. Shards of his former life return in brief flashes of color, as Wrack traverses a bleak world, where seemingly immortal creatures with godlike power-the Doomed-wage war on each other and the living alike. A power awakens within him, and with it, a dark hunger. 


Wrack and his unexpected companions-the beautiful warrior Brin and clever Avar-each seek something different: answers, vengeance, stories. Their disparate goals are more entwined than they ever imagined, and the three soon find...

"Who the uzk are you? "

Wrack, a Tainted creature caught between life and death, still has no answers. As he travels to Flay with his companions, Brin and Avar, more of Wrack's memories return, and with them, more questions. Who are these Doomed who cursed the world and how is Wrack connected to them?

Perhaps the answers lie in the hidden respite of Sanctuary. Among the Shadow Hunters, devotees of the Silver Lady, Wrack finds uneasy acceptance. Acceptance turns to mistrust as he uncovers the dark secret buried beneath Sanctuary, one that threatens the safety of those Wrack holds most...