A night elf druid and his students hunt blood elf pilgrims deep into the Netherstorm. When their Shan'do begins screaming in the night because of nightmares, his students doubt his sanity. But what the blood elves lead them to is a dark secret hidden far from civilization - and they discover that it is far worse than mere dreams.

In the worst years of the Forsaken's invasion of Gilneas, Sir Elias Thorington battled the Queen's Flail - a merciless and brutal unit of Deathstalkers. In revenge, the Forsaken slaughtered and scattered his family, leaving him the last of his once-proud house. One day, Elias discovers that his niece Isabel survived. Now he and a boy named Owen race to reach her before the Flail.