After years of pining for a nameless longing, Mark has finally found his mother’s people. If his restless soul can find peace anywhere, it would be here. But there is no peace to be found for him. After centuries of obscurity, darkness once again roams freely in the land of Deteen. Shadow beasts, once relegated to fairy tales, stalk the night and ravage the land. Mark wages war against these nightmares with a ready sword, but he finds the more dangerous battle to be against the personal demons who rend his song a little more everyday. In the throes of this struggle, Mark is faced with an impossible choice. It is then he will learn if there is any life left in his song or if the midnight prevailing in Deteen has conquered him as well.