CORY J. HERNDON wrote his first novel, the DUNGEONS & DRAGONS® tale The Living Dead, in the shoes of T.H. Lain. Since then he has written four Magic: The Gathering novels and one short story under his own name, including the Ravnica cycle, The Fifth Dawn, and "Like Spider's Silk" from the Secrets of Magic anthology. By day he writes stories and dialogue for the MMORPG Pirates of the Burning Sea®.

SCOTT MCGOUGH lives in Seattle with a mad dingo and two cute cats. He studied writing at Johns Hopkins and the University of Washington, and has since written ten Magic: The Gathering novels (eight on his own, two with help) and a bunch of short stories.

Welcome to the new world of Magic: The Gathering!

Elves live in a world of unforgiving perfection. It is survival of the fittest--and none but the most beautiful and deadly are allowed to survive. So when an elf warrior's horns are shattered and his flawless features lost, he knows it is a death sentence. What he can't remember is how it happened or why he should allow himself to be killed. Powerful and ancient magic is at work, and the elf will need to find friends fast before his fellow elves quiet him--permanently.