The savage Veil army sweeps through the wild northern hinterland, overrunning homesteads and villages, taking all they please..But despi te the spirit-helmed soldiers - their demonic helmets yielding unearthly strength - a ragged band of rebels is on the rise. And a young man named Tai, imprisoned in the dungeons of Miradore Keep and suffering the attentions of the sorcerer Tancred, will soon escape with two bizarre creatures - and have to confront his own incipient powers..