Having ventured into the underworld to rescue his friends captured by vampires, Morron Dark Alamez unexpectedly meets his long-dead friend, the gnome Rumbiro Alto. Many years ago, Alto, together with Dark’s other combat comrades, saved humanity at the cost of his own life. The supreme deity of the gnomes, the Great Horn, resurrected his sons for a high purpose: they will have to do everything to prevent the secret knowledge of the underground people from falling into the hands of the Shevarian vampires. And now Dark Alamez must help the dwarves in this difficult matter...