He’s haunted by a failed mission. Now, his future at stake, he’s compelled to carry out a greater, more horrific crime...
Since escaping a ruined Earth, Warden Maels Raptori has joined the Guild Guard, where he rescues witchen from the enemy’s witchblood harvests. After the tragic loss of a promising young innocent, he jumps at a chance for redemption. Once committed and cut off from help, though, he’s told the malignant truth behind his presence on the primitive, dangerous low-world– a truth hidden from his superiors.
The land’s fragile peace depends on his success. Tens of thousands may perish otherwise. But for Maels, destined to die on the low-world if he fails, the cost would be too much to bear. As the death toll rises, and the land itself seeks his demise, the Skein’s last Raptori faces his greatest challenge, with the fate of a world and the conviction of his soul hanging in the balance...
