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Panicked by a ferocious blue‑fire plague that scorches the land of Faerûn, Raidon Kane survives—hearing the fire etch a powerful sigil onto his amulet and binding him to its will. With his loved ones lost, he must rise as the reluctant leader of a desperate resistance against an emerging elder evil. Bruce R. Cordell blends the grim horror of Lovecraftian dread with familiar Forgotten Realms magic, monsters, and battles to illuminate a new, darker corner of the world.
First publish date: 2008
Genre: Fantasy/Dark Fantasy
Authors: Bruce R. Cordell
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