What does the Goddess want of him? Trent Geno has pondered that question since his wife disappeared twenty years ago at the War's end. During his time as a pumpkin farmer, he's searched all over Coroth for any sign, even a whisper, of Lillie's whereabouts, but for all anyone knows, she might as well have vanished. Trent's hunt has ended with him seeking passage to the most dangerous place he can imagine-the nether, the birthplace of the demon scourge that infests Coroth and sends it toward the brink of destruction every few centuries. A new investigation has gotten him close, and now, as a favored servant of the king, Trent has realized that what is strange only gets stranger-if one just looks past the veil. What will he find on the other side?