Martin Doyle, Marksman of the Crescent Moon and Holder of the Sacred Oath, hunts a man that is already dead; a man that was killed by Martins own archaic weapon. This dead man is known by either of two names: Samson Little or The Black Sorcerer and he is the crooked right hand of the evil that grows, that is spreading, in the distant North. On Martins tail is Stephen and he is deadly, arrogant and hungry for power. Willing to do anything if it suits what he wants and what he needs and he will stop at nothing to get those things.They leave a land that is dying, eroding away through the ravages...