Gerick was stolen away as a child by the evil Lords of Zhev, who sought to make him one of them. Years later, he seeks refuge in a strange, sunless land of outcasts—but he still fears the dark power of the Lords' dying curse and returns to Avonar...
Tired of being a puppet prince, Remy turned in the crown for a watchman's sword.
Tired of being a protected princess, Marsea turned in her petticoats for an assassin's cloak.
Tired of...well, just about everyone and everything in his footpath,...