Vered and Santan, two freebooters, are drawn into a vortez of deadly court intrigue. The King they put on the throne is a madman; an Inquisition slaughters the unsuspecting; desperate factions vie for control of Castle Porotane; and the two most powerful rebel forces have united to lay siege to the castle. The fate of the kingdom is in their hands, and they have only one choice: steal the Demon Crown from the Wizard-King Lorens and find his missing twin.
High in the snow-covered mountanis of the North the Wizard of Storms stirs, driven to action by the blatant misuse of the magical crown. For years he has quietly watched, unconcerned, but now he too is drawn to the crown of power and the kingdom to be gained.
Desperately Vered and Santan flee to the Yorral Mountains, toward Claymore Pass, an ungodly place where only the dead willingly travel. The crown they carry is a beacon to those who seek it and the only help the freebooters can hope for is from...
...Phantoms on the Wind.
