The bloody battles of the Six Years' War have barely faded in the memory of the survivors when the world order established by the victors begins to collapse. The disgraced, trampled, humiliated Algarve sees in the death of Duke Alardo a reason to return the lands of Bari that were taken from her - but her former opponents do not intend to put up with the new rise of the ancient enemy. And now squadrons of dragons darken the sky, pouring fire on defenseless cities. Catapults pelt enemy fortresses with explosive cannonballs. Hand leviathans attack enemy cruisers from under the water. And in the laboratories of sorcerers, mysterious experiments are taking place that threaten to shed a deadly light on the fundamentals of magic...Darkness is approaching Derlavai.