For fifteen years Champion Nidon has kept Enna, daughter of Prince Morin and Hadde of Landomere, hidden and safe. They are forced into the events of the wider world when the undead ravage their peaceful community and demand Enna’s allegiance.
Orlos, the young spiridus, is tormented by dreams of the ancient massacre of his race. His discovery of a mystical tomb draws him into a dangerous plot to overthrow a queen.
Telea, a healer from the Belenese Empire, is the first Easterner to reach the Kingdom of Salador in five hundred years. She brings tales of summoners and demons, death and invasion. The fate of the world balances on her words.
Matt Heppe lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and daughter. He teaches economics and military history, and in his free time makes traditional longbows. He is currently writing the sequel to Shadow of the Knight.