When Kyri Vantage, Phoenix Justiciar of Myrionar, with the help of hercompanions Tobimar Silverun of Skysand and the unexpectedly dangerous littleToad, Poplock Duckweed, defeated monstrous killer Thornfalcon and unmasked aconspiracy of treacherous False Justiciars, she knew the job was only partlydone. A dark power stirs on the far side of the terrifying Rivendream Pass. Now,as the world shudders at the arrival of the Black City of the King of All Hells,Kyri, Tobimar, and Poplock must venture beyond Rivendream Pass and intoMoonshade Hollowa place from which none have ever returned. What they find therewill challenge everything they believe in and conceals a menace they cannotimagine.