A Conspiracy of Shadows

An Empire Under Siege. An Ancient Power Unleashed. A Grim Warrior Returns...Dark forces seek to topple the Mage Guild and the Empire itself. But one man emerges from the shadows to battle them.When retired Imperial Investigator Bander reaches into a hollow log to retrieve his cache of gold, he finds it missing and something else left in its place: a scrying stone with a message from a mysterious young sorceress. She desperately needs his help in solving the murder of Tobin Leroth, a renowned mage and one of Bander's oldest friends.Tobin Leroth was murdered during a city festival and only the secretive Mage Guild knows why.But as Bander gets drawn deeper into a deadly mystery that involves the highest powers in the realm, he finds himself battling the same dark forces he suspects killed his friend. But this time they are hunting him...