The second book in the Forging of a Knight series! Qualtan has become a knight at last. With Glaive the half-orcne thief by his side he will join a host of new friends: Jesepha the strong-willed female knight; her mentor the elder knight Bartholomew who carries a strange secret; the young and hot-headed knight Euric; the glum and impatient knight Richard; and the dashing merchant lord Visandus. A seemingly routine mission will unravel into one of greater horror involving inter-dimensional creatures rival sea-faring pirate nations and a face-to-face confrontation between Qualtan and Darksiege one of Those That Stand in Shadow at last! Should they somehow prevail it will just be a precursor to an even GREATER threat!