The worst has happened. The prison is broken and Melekath is free. But it soon becomes clear that Melekath is not the one to truly fear: it is his Children. Melekath’s Gift made them immortal and 3000 years in the hell of Durag’otal has driven them insane.
Formed of chaos power from the abyss, the prison kept the Children cut off from LifeSong - the power that flows through all living things - and now that they are free their hunger for it is insatiable. Every living thing that crosses their path is drained and the areas they pass through become dead zones. Each kill makes them stronger. Even the Shapers cannot stand against them. As the Children draw closer to Qarath the desperate defenders have to find a way to defeat a foe which cannot be killed. And all the while the barrier between the world and the abyss grows weaker and weaker...