An expedition into a hostile world leads to the discovery of a forgotten-and potentially dangerous-race in this "well-written epic fantasy series kickoff" (Publishers Weekly) Captain Merros Dulver is the first in many lifetimes to find a path beyond the great mountains of the Seven Forges and encounter, at long last, the half- forgotten race who live there. And it would appear that they were expecting him. But when he returns home, an entourage of strangers in tow, he starts to wonder if his discovery is truly something to celebrate-for the gods of this lost race are the gods of war, and their memories of that far-off cataclysm have not faded.