Michael R. Robinson

"It was a typical May morning as the sun lifted to the sky. However, when Cat Foster, Norrelle Friedman, Shae Kruschler, and Jason Shadowgrass awoke that sunrise, their lives were set on a course by an elfin prophecy.

For Captain Catherine "Cat" Foster her career amongst the 'pirates' was blossoming, as she now was in command of one of the largest and most powerful ships in the fleet. This morning, she was en route to arrest the man she loved, Jayce Shadowgrass. His betrayal to her and her employers, the noted Pirates of Port Alexi, marked his death and she was to deliver that sentence.

For General Norrelle Friedman, she again stood at the edge of a scene where men died the night prior protecting unknown cargo with signs of the same mastermind that devised a skirmish for her band of knights eight years before had committed the attack. This was the first portent of many too come that forces were in motion to allow her to reveal her secret to the world.

Shae Kruschler, a former mercenary with a deep secret, assigned to protect Jason Shadowgrass years ago, now must put her loyalties to the test. Her friends trust her, but those who truly command her may have other plans.

Jason awoke hung over next to his lovely lady and it began as a typical day for him. That was until the summons, back to the castle he left some eight years ago when the rogue tossed away his title and noble status.

For each of them and their companions, this was the day that darkness begun its reign, as Clinox, a wizard from centuries past uses ancient spells and draconic artifacts allowing him to open a doorway to a plane that none thought to exist. A corner of existence where a god banished and imprisoned dragons that betrayed his will over five centuries prior. A portal to a Realm of Shadow now opened, so he could unleash darkness upon a world that he ruled once before and vowed to again."

Interview with Catherine Foster on board the Mystic.