Winter blankets the land and more than just hope has died. Prevented from invading the Fhrey homeland by the tower of Avempartha the western army seeks a way across the Nidwalden River before the fane obtains the secret of dragons. As time runs out for both humanity and the mystic Suri the only chance for the living rests with the dead. Having made their fateful choiceWinter blankets the land and more than just hope has died. Prevented from invading the Fhrey homeland by the tower of Avempartha the western army seeks a way across the Nidwalden River before the fane obtains the secret of dragons. As time runs out for both humanity and the mystic Suri the only chance for the living rests with the dead. Having made their fateful choice can a handful of misfits do the impossible or are they forever lost to an inescapable grave? Do gods truly exist? Is it possible to know the future? And what lies beyond the veil of death? In the tradition of Virgils Aeneid Dantes Divine Comedy and Miltons Paradise Lost the most epic of tales transcend the world of the living. Its time to see what lies in Elans Age of Death.From Michael J. Sullivan (New York Times USA Today and Washington Post bestselling author) comes the second to the last installment in the epic fantasy series Legends of the First Empire. The series chronicles a pivotal point in Elans history when humans rise against the Fhrey who they once saw as gods. Set 3000 years before the Riyria tales Legends is a standalone fantasy series which is independent of all other Elan stories. That said if you do read the other books youll see lies revealed and the truth about historical figures unmasked.(less)