Publisher's Synopsis
For a thousand years Ravencroft has withstood the test of time as home to perhaps the last Immortals following the great war between Necromancers, Shape shifters and Mankind itself. The oldest left standing civilization has risen over the last 1000 years from Nomad Tribes into a City of Immortals despite the wars between mortal men with the society of Immortals. The territory of Three Ravens, a sacred valley once called Anuretsu, the shadow of Death, borders the Northern territory of the tundra snow and ice lands. In a struggle to modernize while maintaining its original cultural value, the people of Ravencroft face worse than the elements of nature itself as the history of the city unfolds. Once every turn of the century the gates of the great city open for three months to invite new life within its walls as the great Choosing Ceremony begins, to mark the passage of time. Home to last Great Guardian of the Anuretsu, the Valley Of The Shadow Of Death, one house fights for survival in a city where only the oldest of immortals remain and only the elite masters of their trade survive choosing a Lady. Despite obtaining mastery over death, space and time itself, the city faces the brink of destruction as the city itself has locked its residents with in the walls of its keeping. When the mastery of death itself is not enough to save the immortals from playing creator with time, the original Architect of Anuretsu finds himself with no other option but to raise the bastard orphan of the last guardian. When the council itself would burn the city the ground in the Death Games rather than to see its people starve another winter, Master Ryaez of High Loft fights against time itself to unlock the secrets of his manor's history and his own lineage before the gates close for good, fighting against both time and the council itself to save the one thing he has left, which could save their city. The greatest game of survival unfolds in the cradle of life and the crucible of death as the House of High Loft faces a choice that could destroy their slowly dying city forever or bring redemption for the lost souls trapped within its city walls.
