Neala's life hangs in the balance as she's forced to return to Stelgad with Skelly and face Shiva's justice alone. Renn, a faithful paladin of Aysha has agreed to help Lusam rescue Neala, but the only way they have a chance of arriving at Stelgad before Neala and her captor, is by travelling directly through The Dark Forest. A forest full of dark magic and dangerous secrets from the time of the Dragon-Mage Wars of old. Lusam finds himself hunted remorselessly by the dark agents of the Empire during his quest to save the newly-found love of his life from her grisly fate. Renn reveals a startling secret that challenges everything Lusam thought he ever knew about himself and his family. For countless millennia the Gods have remained silent, but now they stir once again, and Lusam discovers his destiny may be more entwined with them than he could ever have possibly imagined.