The shadows deepen in every corner of the Realms. The sun no longer shines on a man who has embraced the darkness within him. The day's opposite finds Erevis Cale so far along the path away from his own humanity, he may never again walk as a man. In the end, to be Chosen by a god like Mask is more curse than blessing... ### About the Author **Paul S. Kemp** is the author of several previous **Forgotten Realms** titles, including *Resurrection*, *Shadow’s* *Witness*, *Twilight Falling*, and *Dawn of Night*. He also contributed a short story to *The Halls of Stormweather*.