Publisher's blurb: A hero's past is his descendant's doom — for what is forgotten is left to fester and will return with a vengeance. Heisel, a mining village of little consequence except for its abundance of silver ore, appears idyllic nestled in a valley within the Dagger Peak Mountains. Idyllic, that is, if one disregards the following: the mysterious blizzard that comes by night and disappears by morning, the tales of an elusive beast skulking in the Heisel valley, or the sudden and frequent attacks of frost goblins upon travelers on the mountain roads. The true trouble hides in plain sight; however, as many villagers have secrets to hide. Some are not even who they claim to be. This delicate status quo is quickly upset when an offering during the annual festival bodes an ill omen of imminent destruction.