Out of the southern desert rides Ahmann Jardir, a warrior king who has claimed the title Shar’Dama Ka, the Deliverer reborn. A vast army marches in his wake, intent on holy war against the demon plague and determined to recruit others to their cause, willing or not. But the northerners have named their own Deliverer: the Painted Man, a dark, forbidding figure whom the Shar’Dama Ka once called brother.Betrayal has turned the two friends into fierce adversaries, and only time will tell who is strong enough to withstand the might of the demons as they strive to obliterate humanity's defences once and for all.