Something stirs in the depths of Mistwood, a timeless evil well-nigh forgotten. The Curse, long in slumber, has awoken, and Utopia is about to fall...
It is a forgotten age of a forgotten world, and the twin brothers Deorwine and Deored enjoy the fruits of a worldly paradise. But when a mysterious corruption of the Earth begins to fester in the brothers' beloved forest-home, neither they nor their people can deny it is the Curse awakened ̶ nor that their paradise is lost. And, together with the rise of a sinister faction whose motives run deeper than the apparent, the future is cast into the shadow of the unknown.
But the unknown breeds fear, and fear, distrust, and those with black hearts will use what weapons they can – even to cleave the bonds of siblings...
Faced with elusive enemies and hurt by his brother's estrangement, Deorwine must break through a web of lies and deceits if he is to stop the downward spiral towards war and bring back a fading utopia. And he must discover an evil truth before it is too late – that the Curse is not nearly as intangible as thought, lurking far closer than anyone imagines...
This is the first of two books chronicling the rise and tragic fall of the Father race of Man.