The devourer stirs... 

While the nations of the Iron Kingdoms wage war for their own pretty gain, events unfold in the wilds that may forever scar the face of Caen. Two peoples are guided to battle by the same unseen hand - the Tree of Fate, which seeks to provoke the Wurm to return from Urcaen. Thrust unknowingly into this sinister plot, the trollkin Madrak Ironhide must face the consequences of his desperate decision to take up the terrible weapon Rathrok years ago. As battle is joined, within his hands rests the fate of not just hispeople but the world itself.