'Follow the road that dead kings' tread, seek the crown on Anoeth's head, for that for which he broke his vow, is now carved upon his brow.' Rinn Annoch and the crew of 'The Shining Song' have stolen The Grey Skin from under the very nose of the the Lord of the Sloth Soules. From within the eerie Shrouds they have now rescued two fallen heroes who may be able to decipher its dangerous mysteries and find the hidden lair of the Niniath. But as they sail north towards the ruined realm of Gnoth, ominous fires glow on the horizon, as war and treachery erupt around them...