Despite defeating the empire’s ghoul commander, Laran is still hunted by the Undying Empire. The Master of Ten Thousand Bones sends hordes of skeletal animals and warrior to kill him and take the mysterious Vestige he recovered from the Pit of the Sleeping Gods.

The emperor’s bonewalker hunts Laran and the tauran warrior Daisy at every turn. Which would be par for the course if the rats of the city weren’t also rising up, rebelling against his all too effective traps.

In the midst of all that, the scrofa besiege the city of Raffica.

Its never just one thing with the Glory Seekers as problem after problem mount against them.

He would ask his faerie helper Toot for aid, but she has a history of lying to him, particularly about the nature of the world he’s found himself in. Is it a Defense Department virtual sim, or Purgatory where he has to redeem himself, or the latest explanation, an alien run casino?

Laran must use every trick his Tinkering skill allows, along with his Shadow Magic to survive. Having Daisy, his seven foot tall tauran companion, by his side may make all the difference.

Book 2 of a crunchy, action-packed LitRPG Adventure by Bruce Nesmith, formerly a senior game designer for Bethesda Game Studios, a creative director for D&D, and the lead designer on Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.