Lorkdan, the underworld's champion, would consider himself second to none in devotion to his much abhorred god, but when the murder of a family leads him on a quest for truth, that devotion?as he tells it?will be put to the ultimate test.

Cursed at birth with a wild imagination, AJ Cooper spent his youth dreaming of worlds more exciting than Earth. He is a native Midwesterner and loves writing fantasy, especially epic fantasy set in his own created worlds.
He is a graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop and the author of numerous fantasy novels and novellas. His short stories have appeared in Morpheus Tales, Fear and Trembling, Residential Aliens and Mindflights, among others.