<p>High in the Black Mountains of Cathell, in a time nearly forgotten, a dying man uttered a curse to guard the place that would become his tomb. The curse has held for a hundred years, but now, a challenger has emerges, threatening the balance that Tynan's curse was meant to protect.<br /> <br /> Sell-sword Aeryn Ravane never imagined that the curse-breaker she carries would lead her not only to Tynan's tomb and his legendary sword, but to an ancient evil that even the gods fear. And Theo, a young thief who hoped to use Tynan's sword to free her family, never imagined she would be thrust into the middle of a battle more than a thousand years in the making.<br /> <br /> As the hand of darkness sweeps across the land of Cathell, the fate of all rests on the shoulders of a sell-sword who gave up on being a hero long ago and a thief who never believed in heroes to begin with.<br /> <br /> <em>This special edition of the original novel includes appendices, histories, and the prequel &quot;The Fall of Tynan Selvantyr&quot; to give you a deeper view into the world of Cathell.</em> <br /> <br /> <strong>Works in the Cathell Series</strong><br /> The Fall of Tynan Selvantyr<br /> Into the Darkness / Into the Darkness: Special Edition<br /> The Taming<br /> The Joy Thief<br /> Shadowboxer (The Gathering Dark, Pt. 1)</p>