Book One, "Awakenings," began a sweeping tale of heroes and villains, wizards and Dark sorcerers, mythical races and creatures, honor and treachery, passion and sadistic lust, and war and conquest. Book Two, "The Shining Stone," picks up the tale as Emperor Rakkoth, the Dark sorcerer, launches his armada and embarks on his ruthless invasion of Balleterria with fifty thousand warriors, including the brutal Black Legion, and the eerie, soulless Dread Riders, intent on fulfilling his despotic destiny to crush all opposition beneath his heel and establish his Empire in the West. Across the...