Neeza, the leader of the magic using people known as Mages, lives with only one regret: His inability to save his wife from a deadly disease. Now old and grey and with a daughter that hates him, he begins to lose hope that he will ever get the chance to save her.

That is until he hears of a legend . . . a legend about a fabled relic known in lore as Valendri’s Relic. It’s power: The ability to bring the dead back to the living.

But he isn’t the only one looking for it.

Taking a group of students and volunteers with time growing short, he seeks out one of Gyyerlith’s most sacred treasures . . . as well as it’s most dangerous in the depths of Mount Hrithgorn.