When storm clouds gather over the world, and mortals and immortals are forced to unite, the burden of a doomed man—on whom the future of several races depends—falls upon the shoulders of a dark elf. But as he sets out on a perilous journey, Tarren does not suspect that from the very first days death will follow at his heels, slipping soundlessly along the green roadside like a shadow. Yet it will not lie in wait for him in the form of a beast or a demon, but will hide behind the mask of a simple human boy whose frenzied hatred of immortals is capable of destroying everything Tarren has worked toward for more than a century.