Centuries ago, the world fell.From the ashes rose a terrible new species-the Tangata.Now they wage war against the kingdoms of man. And humanity is losing. Fresh from the military academy, twenty-year-old Lukys marches south to where the Tangata are massing on the frontier. The allied armies of humanity will do anything to halt the enemy advance-including throwing untested men and women into the heat of battle. Determined to survive, Lukys seeks aid from the only man who seems to care: Romayn, the last warrior of an fallen kingdom. Meanwhile, the Queen's Archivist leads an expedition deep into the earth, seeking the secrets of the Gods. Their magic was lost to humanity eons ago, but a handful of artifacts remain, objects of power that could turn the tide of the war. But it may not be salvation that waits beneath the surface. Something else slumbers in the darkness. Something old. Something evil.
