Beneath the ice-locked surface of the planet the freehold is ruled by the sword. In the subterranean darkness the old order crumbles as the life giving machine of the ancients stop one by one. Nameless savagery stalks the lower depths and the broken cries of the tortured haunt...
Ronin called no man master. He was the finest swordsman of the Freehold, as sharp and deadly as his blade. Yet as the ancient city faltered, Ronin alone refused to pledge himself to any of the powerful Saardin who ruled the crumbling underground world of levels. But now dark...