"On Arth, chaos breeds business and business is good. Most noncombatant paper carriers, or NPCs, have been forced out of the major cities, the Red Horde is raiding villages throughout the Freedlands, and an undead threat rises in the east. Bolstered by plentiful foes in every direction, an upward trending market, and creative new financial innovations, the heroics industry flourishes and the businessmen are happy. But as the greatest threat Arth has seen in an age emerges, fueled by dark magic and direct marketing, the only thing Andarun's elite seem to care about are their profit margins. When markets start collapsing, political and business leaders start dying, and cities fall only to rise again, it seems as though the gods have abandoned the people of Arth. At the center of it all, Gorm Ingerson and his fellow Heroes of Destiny may be the only party able to save the world. Can Gorm overcome corrupt, money-hungry corporations, crooked politicians, ancient magics, angry Orcs, inter-party strife, nefarious magical artifacts, war profiteers, and the risen dead to change the face of Arth-- and how it does business-- forever?"--Page 4 of cover.