The Gathering Storm

The Gathering Storm is the first book in the Far-Fallen Prophesy sub-series, part of the Doom of Man story arc, written by author Brett Hunter.

Plot
Two thousands years have passed since the felling of the dread Dark God, and the scattering of his innumerable armies. Since, man has forgotten. The terror of the First Calamity, now but a distant memory, a fable. The Empire, once a great nation, is ruled by the ancient King Velatorix, his demise plotted by his two great-grandsons, Valdamir and Nyorvanor. Although they are willing to commit the deed, the consequences will be great.

A Paentorath sorcerer embarks on a quest to find the Scripture of Vaulgesh, which tells of the past and future. Although he feels willing to risk everything, the stakes will rise.

A warrior has watched his city fall, his family perish. Any life he had is gone. Now, what is a desperate search for meaning becomes one for survival, with the warrior soon caught up in the building doom that stirs to the south.

A loner comes to Calamir, capital of the Empire, calling for others to seek repentance, to follow him. As his motives darken, and as another danger approaches in the form of the Kyonsi tribes, the Empire seems to be drowning in a black and infinite sea.

A woman, separated from all she ever loved or cared for, embarks on a perilous journey to find the man who disgraced her.

And, amidst all of this, a greater doom approaches. A slumbering terror that has awakened from its millennial hibernation, to spell doom for the cities of men and their masters: the Dark God.