A captured soldier must escort a mysterious girl to a distant city to
broker peace between two peoples poised on the brink of war. Left to die
in a deep chasm, his commander stumbles on to a dark and powerful
secret: how to harness the energy of men's souls and bend them to his
will. Is this the secret that Goblinkind has been hiding from the race
of men? That all the shiny trinkets of the fabled Goblincrafters are
powered by the trapped souls of humans? For Mage Imperator Rhael Lord
Uhlmet, the lure of such power is irresistible, even if he must start a
war to attain it.