Professor Viktor Pendrake is a legend in his own time and is the
foremost expert in extraordinary zoology. His research demands he place
himself in peril to directly observe and interact with his subjects, a
peril his assistants must endure as well.
Bookish Lynus Wesselbaum is the picture of a scholar-in-training whose
days are often spent sifting through the vast stacks of tomes within
Corvis University. Yet Lynus has earned his place as Professor
Pendrake's senior assistant professor, having accompanied his mentor in
the field and survived countless encounters with the most dangerous
flora and fauna of western Immoren. Lynus is fortunate to be joined by
Edrea Lloryrr, a young but eminently capable Iosan arcanist who also
assists Pendrake and brings a unique perspective. When word comes of a
new menace plaguing the remote villages around Corvis, both Lynus and
Edrea find themselves swept up with Pendrake in an adventure that will
force them to confront a primeval force of absolute destruction.