THE THRILLING SEQUEL TO THE TRIUMPH OF THE DWARVES The Hidden Land lies broken. In the terrible battle to save the home of the dwarves, elves and humans, many sacrifices were made by great heroes, and at the last the alfar were defeated. Aiphaton, the son of the indelible and erstwhile Emperor of the AElfar, has sworn that his race will never again pose such a dire threat to the world; he is determined to seek out and destroy the last of his own people. But there may be a greater enemy to face: an enigmatic mage with powerful magic at her fingertips is threatening the entire country. Suddenly the Hidden Land's greatest enemy has become its only hope . . . The action never lets up in this next exciting story in the saga of the dwarves and the alfar! 'Tolkien with a dash of Gemmell and a sprinkling of George R.R. Martin' Malazan Empire

In Leipzig an undertaker named Konstantin Korff harbours a cruel secret. In Minsk an unscrupulous scientist performs questionable experiments. And in Paris a plane that is about to take off crashes into an airport terminal with deadly consequences for its passengers. An investigation into the accident begins immediately, but the results are puzzling: all occupants were dead before the plane hit the building. What the police do not know is that there was one survivor. But even as they blunder into the investigation, Konstantin Korff and the mysterious scientist are already on his trail, all three bound together by the same curse. A curse that makes them a danger to everyone around them.