A captured soldier must escort a mysterious gal to a distant town to broker peacefulness between two individuals poised within the brink of war. Remaining to die inside a deep chasm, his commander stumbles on to a dark and powerful secret: how to harness the power of men’s souls and bend them to his will. Is usually this the trick that Goblinkind has been hiding in the race of guys? That the shiny trinkets from the fabled Goblincrafters are driven by the stuck souls of humans? For Mage Imperator Rhael Lord Uhlmet, the lure of such power is certainly irresistible, actually if he must take up a war to realize it.