Mankind and Elven kind are at war one with another ever since the Eleven-Thousand-Year war that tore the earth asunder and left the landscape charred and bloodied. Thaddeos Bolnor has plans to blend the mixture of man and elf and create an abomination geared entirely for destroying the last of the elven leadership. Betwixt torn landscapes, blood stained rivers, unlivable conditions on earth the elves watch from above on the Islands now magicked above the plains. Their ever watching eye keeping a strict thumb on any other creature that posses the world of Anrean. The Elves consider themselves the protectors of the void created between man and elf, or in their native tongue Baelki.You follow many throughout the journey, from the Creatures made by Thaddeos's hand to the leadership of men. The story has pain, suffering, escape, fear, death, pain, and love. There are so many twists and turns to be had and many other books in the series are to come!.