Their studymaster joked that the twin sons of the Lord of Tor Anrok, Gilead and Galeth, were so close that they were one son in two bodies. After Galeth was killed rescuing his brother from a band of vicious bandits: Gilead, shadowfast warrior and last of the line of Tor Anrok, pursued his brother’s killer in a quest that lasted ten years and cost him all he had. Now he wanders the land, wielding his brother’s blade against the damned monsters and evil men who oppose him, hoping that somehow he will fill the void left by the other’s death. For Gilead has learnt first-hand that, while there may be satisfaction in vengeance, there is no peace.
Dan Abnett is a novelsit and award-winnig comic book writer. He has written twenty-five novels for the Black Library, including the acclaimed Gaunt's Ghosts series and the Eisenhorn and Ravenor trilogies, and with Mike Lee, the Darkblade cycle. His Black Library novel Horus Rising and his Torchwood novel Border Princes (for the BBC) were both bestsellers. He lives and works in Maidstone, Kent.
