num_pages: 438
description: Jason is an expert at running from his past. But when it catches up he finds himself hiding in a peculiar inn listening to a tale from centuries past.The story is Anargens a teen who is pulled from all he loves to follow his oaths of loyalty to the fabled King of the Realms. Together with his mentor Cinaed he rides north on a special quest to mediate peace talks between ancient foesthe men of Ecthelowall and the dwarfs of Ordumair. Nothing goes as planned. Many on both sides of the dispute despise Anargens Order. Worse an arcane evil has returned to the North. This Grey Scourge seeks to ruin the peace talks and ensure a lost treasure held by the dwarfs is never found by those for whom it is meant.As Anargens story unfolds Jason begins to wonder whether it is truly just a fable. He soon finds himself drawn into the conflict Anargen faced. A battle which has shaped and can destroy his world.
language: English
title: The Gathering Dark
publisher: Expanse Books