An ancient darkness is rising. . . .Six months have passed since Thuradin Stonebeard was exiled from his home in the Silent Mountains. He has done his best to adapt to his new life living among the viatari, but shadows from the past return to haunt him, and Azar is once more on the brink of falling into chaos.To the North, the waters have mysteriously begun to blacken and rumors of strange new allies working with the humans have reached viatari ears...