The Lady of Havan, the paragon of unity, has disappeared for two decades. In her absence, great powers clash: the technologically advanced and atheistic Daim Imperium; the Church of Corinthos that upholds the worship of the deity known as the Halar with its legions of zealots and fanatics; and the Aesir warriors of the East that bind the elements of Gaia to their will. Amidst a world rife with war, an ancient enemy slumbers and unlikely allies must put aside their prejudices, dark secrets and bloodstained histories to warn the nations of men of the threat to come.