Glim has finally run out of luck. Caught unprepared and with darkness encroaching at every angle, he's on the verge of becoming a dead safeguard, a protector leaving nothing behind but dead bodies and the savage brutes who tore them apart. Hunted in a bleak world where every shifting shadow could be an enemy, Glim will have to use every ounce of his training and knowledge if he wants to make it home alive.