"We are born of this world and we shall inherit its future." - Year 1142 - Éyrilian Calendar - Demons blight the world at the behest of an all-powerful Demoness. The Elves have been driven to the brink of extinction, their scattered traces clinging desperately to survival from disparate patches of the globe, most of their survivors enslaved or in hiding. Krysté, a daughter of the Elves, stands against the crushing wheel of fate in hopes of ending the demonic scourge upon all Kristenalia, and to secure a future for her race's progeny. All the while, she forges unlikely bonds and discovers her true self along the way. Still, zero day looms, for the sadistic, vicious Demoness Nora has deigned to usher in the apocalypse and overrun the Lands of Virtue with demons. It is up to Krysté and her companions to track down this elusive tyrant and bring an end to her vile reign for all time. Be not a warrior, for virtue inheres within...

"...We are the final embers of a fading flame." The Steelheart Saga continues in this dire volume. Following their defeat at the mighty hands of one Demoness Nora, the party retreats to the Royal City to regroup and plan their next steps. Only, Krysté isn't quite herself. Our heroes race to forge new alliances and lure the ever elusive Demoness out of hiding, only to find she was lurking but a step behind at all times. Stare unblinking into the Abyss, for the end is come, and Nora's perfectly demented world is now at hand. Though their efforts have been thwarted at every turn, the party now bands together as the new embodiment of the ancient fable. For naught but the Steelhearted may hope to dethrone the wicked Demoness at the ever encroaching zero hour.