Book excerpt: There's a sound of the past beneath the wind. An ancient memory lives on and on in the Twisted City of Skaier. The Lonari-- the Westmen-- were once great dreamers, riders, and explorers, who throughout many centuries have settled and found value in home and hearth. Yet there are few among them now, named Outriders, who roam Eryad as lone nomads, vagabonds, and highwaymen. One such outrider, Evyrn Úthjan, goes where none have ever returned from in the vain pursuit of fame; but in the Twisted City, no whisper utters from those that pass its foggy gates. Follow Evyrn into Skaier, into a place of storms and secrets. Look upon the still lightning and eternal violet skies, upon the writhing stone and twitching shadows, where answers lay hidden and in waiting. Evyrn must peer through the veil of terror to find his escape. Will he persevere, or will he join the forgotten within the fog of the Twisted City?