In the mage wars, Dubric Byerly risked his lifeand sacrificed the woman he lovedto catch magics darkest killers. Those battles are long overand the monsters Dubric hunts these days are nothing more than men. Until now. A recent string of grisly crimes has Dubric and his pages scouring the countryside for clues that hint at the worst: that historys most murderous mage has come to Faldorrah.As Dubrics hunt leads from secrets locked behind sanatorium walls to a hidden cache of souls preserved in fluid, other lives are shaken: a young woman given a power she doesnt want, a young man inheriting a legacy he cant understand, and a father fighting for his memory of a daughter who may already be lost. In the hardscrabble village of Quarry Run, the dark ghosts of the past have come callingand the battle for the future begins....From the Paperback edition.