Tricked, possessed and manipulated by the foul daemon Tz’arkan, can things get any worse for the dark elf Malus Darkblade? However, when he returns to Hag Graef he discovers to his horror that he is homeless, penniless – and his father has become his most deadly enemy. Malus must now seek the next artefact Tz’arkan requires – the Idol of Kolkuth.