War is coming. Rumours abound of a threat in the east. An unknown enemy gathers at the Ipsican border while in the Shen capital, the Knight Marshall struggles to contain the trecherous tide of ambition in the heart of the nation's Council of Lords. A hero of countless battlefields, how can he fight such a seditious foe; an enemy that will not show its face? Having fled the plague city of Wahib, Stefon and his friends find refuge in Choat, but soon their peace is shattered then their sponsor is found brutally murdered. As their investigations uncover a trade war in the prosperous city, Stefon must unmask the killer quickly, before his ever-burgeoning powers consume him. With the chill winds of the changing seasons driving Andi's band of outlaws south across the seas, their task seems less plausible by the day: find a forgotten sceptre lost in the bowels of a dead city--but to what end? What could they possibly hope to achieve with such a relic? For is magic not a fairy-tale? As the darkening winter grips the land with the icy promise of conquest and slaughter, the Harbinger rises. Plague of Souls Book TWO The Adar Remnant What We Know: Thieves, cheats and liars make Reluctant Heroes. The land is in turmoil; the enemy is faceless; their quest is impossible; and they're trying to save a world that would have them hanged. Plague of Souls Book One Gathering Shadows Simon Barron www.mppublishingusa.com