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When the wizard Clinox, using ancient draconic magic, accesses the Plane of Shadow, Jason Shadowgrass begins the day as he would any other next to a beautiful woman and hung-over. That changes when the government that knighted him, and then cast him out, drags him back. The dark events following the meeting spiral him down a road labeled by others as destiny. However, these others see the events as a prophecy and begin manipulating both Jason and Clinox. Forced in many directions by enemy and ally alike, Jayce takes matters into his own hands to save the ones he genuinely loves. As Clinox prepares to strike darkness upon the world, his inability to control those handful of people allows Jason time to acquire allies to assault the plane of shadow. Unknown to both, something else awakens within the realm of shadow, banished there hundreds of years ago by the god Eteliwyth for betrayal.