The war with the Deep Kings is coming to an end, and it seems people are losing. Terrible red rains torment the land; each day, new monsters emerge from the Mist; and even the immortal learn what it’s like to die. The Deep Kings are growing stronger and preparing to deliver the final, decisive blow. But Rihalt Galhherrow isn’t concerned with that right now. He’s gone too far into the Mist. A terrible desert has grown into him, changed him—and now the ghosts of the past chase Rihalt everywhere. And when the few surviving captains of the “Black Wings” go into the darkness on their last mission—one that may change everything—the shadows of the dead will follow them too.