At the heart the wood elves’ kingdom of Athel Loren, the forest-king Orion slumbers through the winter months to be reborn each spring and resume his arboreal throne. However, this year he awakens to discover a foul canker at the core of his eternal spirit – he has been cursed, though by whom and for what reason he does not know. In the grip of a furious rage he leads the asrai to war, but as the corruption spreads to the woodland realm around him, he feels his power waning and must rely upon his loyal subjects to help him unmask the traitor within their ranks.
About the AuthorAfter a music career so disastrous it landed him in court, Darius Hinks decided a job in publishing might be safer. His fiction for the Black Library includes The Witch Hunter's Handbook, The Island of Blood and Warrior Priest. Rumours that he still has a banjo hidden in his loft are fiercely refuted by his lawyers.
