When the universe gives you dark death magic, create a horde of the undead!
This time, Mertho will build the most deadly, forbidding dungeon in the land—using unholy death magic and a will to be victorious. After an encounter that nearly destroys his core, he is linked to a cursed crypt beneath the abandoned graveyard. The catacombs are an ideal place to stand against an army of the damned. And all of these lovely corpses make useful minions.
Meanwhile, Veluthra, the demoness, is raising an army of mutated cultists and nightmare creatures. She wants just one thing: to absorb every last shred of Mertho's power and use it to bring her true form into the mortal realm. First, she'll have to come and get him!
Tehra resurrected from the dead after being killed by the demoness, but something is not quite right. Even wild wolves are afraid to eat the young elf. Could she now be the perfect partner to a dark dungeon core? They're in this together, either way.
The fight will be brought to the living dungeon more than ever, with the fate of the entire mortal realm dependent upon the outcome.
Many of the same positive points from the first book, interesting characters and a decent premise, but this book was much weaker than the first.
The plot was much more basic than the first book, and felt much more rushed. The characters felt much flatter and many of their actions would have felt out of character, except you were never able to get a firm grasp on what was IN character.
Once again this book needs an editor, many more instances of misused words, and at one point an entire chapter is shows up at least three chapters earlier than its location in the plot.
I really want to like this book, but at the end of the day it's just lacking in to many things.