Delve into the mind of Critical Role's most charming villain in this
original novel that chronicles Lucien's early life and his fateful
meeting with the Mighty Nein.
Lucien has always been able to spin a bad situation to his advantage.
From his childhood on the dangerous streets of Shadycreek Run to his
years living off the grid and learning blood magic from the Claret
Orders, the charismatic blood hunter will find a way to get the upper
hand.
When Lucien is on a job in the frozen wastelands of Eiselcross with his
fellow mercenaries, a rough-and-tumble crew called the Tombtakers, fate
leads him to a mysterious journal in the ruins of an ancient city. The
book speaks of the Somnovem, nine beings who can grant Lucien power
beyond imagining--if he is able to find them and free them from
captivity.
Intrigued by this opportunity, Lucien pores over the journal--but the
more he reads, the stranger things become. The nine whisper to him in
dreams and waking visions. Time slips away, along with Lucien's grasp on
reality. And tattoos of red eyes begin appearing on his skin. . . .
With the ability to reshape the world within his grasp, Lucien ignores
all warning signs. He has always bent fortune to his will, and
nothing--not even death--will stop him now.
Written by New York Times bestselling author Madeleine Roux, Critical
Role: The Mighty Nein--The Nine Eyes of Lucien explores the meteoric
rise and fall of one of Critical Role's most notorious and tragic
figures.
