
Once, the Shar’Dama Ka and the Warded Man were friends. But the Northerners claim their own Deliverer: the Warded Man, a dark, forbidding figure.

He has proclaimed himself Shar’Dama Ka, the Deliverer, and he carries ancient weapons-a spear and a crown-that give credence to his claim. Out of the desert rides Ahmann Jardir, who has forged the desert tribes into a demon-killing army. But is the return of the Deliverer just another myth? Legends tell of a Deliverer: a general who once bound all mankind into a single force that defeated the demons. The night now belongs to voracious demons that prey upon a dwindling population forced to cower behind half-forgotten symbols of power.
