The first in a thrilling line of novels set in Eberron, a fantasy world ravaged by endless war and full of magic, danger, and adventure

Hardened by the Last War, four soldiers have come to Sharn-fabled City of Towers, capital of adventure, home to the best and worst that Eberron has to offer. After a lifetime of fighting, war is all they know. Kingdoms lie shattered, armies are broken, and an entire country has been laid to waste. Now, in a time of uneasy peace, they must struggle to survive.

But then people start turning up dead.

The battle-weary heroes-Daine, Jode, Lei, and Pierce-soon find themselves caught in a plot that will take them from the highest reaches of power to the most sordid depths of the city of wonder, shadow, and adventure.

Keith Baker is a freelance writer and game designer. He first discovered Dungeons & Dragons in elementary school, the beginning of a lifelong interest in games of all sorts. After quitting his job in 2002 to pursue a full-time writing career, his proposal for the exciting world of Eberron was selected as the winner of the Wizards of the Coast fantasy setting search. He is the co-author of the Eberron Campaign Setting, the RPG product that launched the setting, and the author of the Dreaming Dark Trilogy.