Death magic creeps into the forest. There are rumors of the dead rising up from the ground.

The brothers watched as Tierfi took flight, the former guardian and red dragon, hope still flickering in her heart. "No matter what the cost," she thought, "I must stop my brother, even it is means losing my life. I hope, for the sake of the others, the price will no prove too costly."

"Safe travels, and may Anuel guide and guard your steps," the dragon said and was gone. Both wished she would linger longer with them in this gloomy place of shadows.

Elmian, desiring a closer look at what lay ahead, grabbed a green crystal. Beholding the skeletal forms of the reanimated dead, his heart pounded, as he observed the scene: living skeletons of all the races, rotten flesh hanging from limbs, and the purple crystal heart lodged into their empty rib cages, enabling them to come to life.

Chills reverberated down Elmian's spine. Could he and his brother Spuvok cross safely through the Crevice and on to their destiny? "Trust in the book and the blade you both have in your possession." were the last words that echoed in their minds.

In an exhilarating sequel to Slaves of Swords, Surge of Shadows brings deeper revelation to this engrossing fantasy story of the two brave elfen brothers and their journey into the epic battle between good an evil, facing the fears that lie within and learning to yield to the Spirit of Anuel, as they overcome in the overwhelming surge of shadows.