From the back cover: "Dire Spirits is a D20 System adventure for 1st level characters. It provides an introduction to the Nyambe: African Adventures campaign setting, though it can also be used as a stand-alone scenario. This 48-page module includes: Maps and descriptions of the village of Mounchili, a typical community in the Empire of Mabwe, that can become the PCs' base in a larger campaign. Maps and descriptions of the ancient temple that contains KanUk's still beating heart. Pregenerated PCs and stats for agogwe halfling warriors, wakyambi elf adepts, and Nghoi human commoners, to start any GM off right in an African Adventures setting. New D20 material like the howling fern monstrous plant, rules for monkey traps and trip line and spikes traps, the magical linguists staff, and the disease called wound rot."