From the publishers blurb:
An ancient shadow rises from the antiquated depths of the earth to prey on the fervent prayers of the desperate. Civil war has set aflame the mires and fens of the Black Moors, death lingers everywhere and the small folk struggle to eke out a miserable existence.
The town of Fovostadt is such a place where the people suffer and struggle under the crippling weight of war and famine. Opulent and imperial, Fovostadt was once known to all as the “Breadbasket of the Moors”.
The agricultural exports that once brought it wealth and decadence has since all but withered to naught. A group of intrepid adventurers has taken on the task the escort a vital cache of grains to the ailing town, but what seem to be a simple run-of-the-mill escort job takes a sinister turn for the worse. Ultimately embroiling all involved into a spiral of decay and madness…