"The God of Whispers has spread an omnipresent paranoia to every corner of the kingdom of Zhal; his spies hide in every hall spreading mistrust and fear. Adam Osidis, a dying knight from a disgraced house, must choose between joining a hopeless order of magical warriors and mercenaries in their desperate bid to free their world of the evil God, or accepting his promise to give Adam everything he's ever dreamed of. All men surrendered their freedom for fear; now one last free man must choose between the fate of the world and his own heart's desire"--Page [4] of cover, volume 1.