The Delving: 1 (Overthrown - The Chronicles of Denoril)

It rests deep in the ground they say an ancient burial treasure of unimaginable wealth. Riches to humble even the most prosperous men locked away from time itself. But the Councils edict was clear - keep the tombs of the ancient dalan closed. Keep the past sealed. But where there is wealth there is greed and nothing stays buried forever.Thorben Paulson is an ordinary man trying to raise his family the honest way. Unfortunately the Councils tax collectors demand more and more each thaw taking in both coin and food. For a branded man like Thorben his checkered past means the burden is always greater. With hungry mouths to feed and winter on the horizon Thorbens desperation grows. A visitor appears unexpectedly in town a man from his past carrying a map and a promise - enough coin to feed his family for the foreseeable future in exchange for a single job. Not just any job however. Thorben must delve once again leave the sun behind and enter the underground crypts the realm of the dead and find priceless dalan relics. And yet more lies in wait than things that sparkle and glimmer and in Denoril some things never truly die.