With the Mantrainer army routed, and Hansett Laughlon dead, it seemed that matters might be improving for Reshania. Of course, Queen Jezzalia Terrantis knew better. There were still the armies of Hanadar and Lopaller to deal with in the east, and then a peace to manufacture to prevent another such war. Still, she had full confidence in her advisors, such as her lover and bodyguard, Sethalis Fielder, and her half-sister, the formidable Princess Shazzelle. Jezzalia was going to need every bit of their support, too. In Mantrainer, Hansett's successors were fighting for the crown, and trouble was stirring in the Northern Duchy of Reshania. These problems would pale in compare to the true horror waiting to reveal itself. Out of the past, the worst nightmare of the northern countries was about to emerge from hiding; a Necro'Sehen with an undead army at its back, waiting to strike at the weakened nations of the north and plunge their world into a nightmare of fear and slavery. Can even Sethalis and Shazzelle protect Jezzalia from the terror that such a being brings? One thing is certain, they will not be the same people when it is over ...