Some secrets are best left hidden-some names never spoken aloud.

In the depths of Shagharath, a creature of great and terrible power waits. For countless millennia, it has languished in its prison. At last, the time has come for it to wreak vengeance on the world.

As Gewey Stedding prepares for what he hopes is his final battle, his courage and strength will be tested. Meanwhile, the woman he loves, Kaylia, must overcome the thrall of the mad god alone.

And Gewey will discover that his greatest ally may have once been his deadliest foe.