From the smokestacks belching filth onto the port city of Old Midloth to the verdant mountains of Tseteeg, the world of Eschos finds itself under threat. Ancient malevolent forces batter at the boundaries of reality, waiting to sate their hunger for the minds and souls of mankind.

Each short story in this collection reveals a small part of humanity’s struggle to resist the inevitable incursion:The City - A courier tries to deliver a powerful artifact, but what is it that stalks him to keep him from his destination?Brevity of Yellowcress - Twin princesses work to free the older sister from an arranged marriage without understanding that more than their kingdom is at stake. Beneath Dulane Copse - A cadre of specialist soldiers hunt a band of criminals through a subterranean complex.

Will they be able to stop the mysterious ritual that could doom them all?Mercy - A father and husband holds to hope and sanity as an Eldritch priest tortures him for information he may or may not have. A Place of Bones - A scholar’s final letter from the site of a temple to an unknown god, chronicling his company’s research and exploration.

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