(from the back of the book) The invasion of the Empire by the followers of Borbarad has deprived it of its eastern province, but there are still sites that have entrenched themselves behind imperial loyalty and belief in the 12 gods. On behalf of the church of Rondra you set out to help those resisters. But, once a prosperous region, Tobrien is now a country where the trees bear poisonous fruit, the rivers run with putrid waters, and everyone is the enemy of his neighbor - a lost land where sun does not shine ...