He has survived being turned into a Vampire. He has defeated an ancient demon above the Three-Sands Desert. Now, Asher - the Cadásur - comes upon his greatest challenge yet. A new darkness is virally spreading and it threatens both the living and the undead. It is all tied back to an age old mystery concerning the identity of Drách Asár, the progenitor of the Vampire race. Asher's travels and investigation takes him back among the undead in direct conflict with the last remaining scion of Menonias. The stakes have never been higher for the Cadásur as he hopes to bring about the redemption and the "Rise of the Shadowkin".