The Man with the Gilded Face

An ancient evil, long thought dead, awakes from its slumber. The far flung eastern province of Helvanis, still reeling from a failed revolt, suffers under the iron boot of the Empire that crushed it. Amid civil wars, dynastic intrigues, and bloody purges, it seems the whole continent is on the razor's edge. One boy, torn from his family, may be the key to preventing disaster.