The people of Fellein have lived with legends for many centuries. With their far north, the Blasted Lands, a legacy of an ancient period of cataclysm, are huge, desolate and impassable, but that doesn’t stop the casual expedition to their fringes searching for any trace from the ancients who once lived there…and oft-rumoured riches. Captain Merros Dulver is the first in many lifetimes to find a route beyond the fantastic northern mountains referred to as the Seven Forges and encounter, at last, the half forgotten race who live there. Any difficulty . they were expecting him. But all the gods of the lost competition are gods of battle, and their remembrances of this far-off cataclysm have not faded… “Great issues should be anticipated of Jim Moore, girls and gentlemen. Get a seat tickets early; you don’t want to skip the fireworks.” Christopher Golden