No heroes endure... Three thousand years ago the world fell into darkness, when the great black mouth of the Rot ravaged the land. Across the glorious library city of Aradabar its dark tongues hammered down, crushing the bookyards and glass towers of learning. Only a single child survived the destruction; a boy with a prophecy carved into his skin, promising the rise of a legendary hero destined to slay the Rot for good. Now that boy is a young man, beginning to question the meaning of his many scars... Now those scars are hunted by a brutal King, ruler of a bustling industrial city, where a thousand bizarre castes toil like slaves... Now a dark beast is watching, an Unforgiven, seeking to fulfill a promise made long ago... And now the Rot has returned, its great black mouth gaping large in the sky, bringing chaos and fear to a world where no heroes endure... The first book in The Ignifer Cycle, a new epic fantasy saga.