In the world of Vanaheim, just an incantation or a lucky stone’s throw from our own, the Stregoi, or witch breed, hide themselves in fear of being consumed body and soul by the Twisted Ones. In this epic dark fantasy, one of the gifted, Dr. Jack Nicodemus Ween, the last of the Wardmasters, carnival soothsayer, and widower must face inner and outer demons alike as he protects a child who may be the last great hope for all the nine worlds. The Twisted Ones, bloated with centuries of feeding, search tirelessly… Necromancers and their rotting minions beset the land once thought fairest of all… Yet, within an ancient tomb, a psychic warrior shifts in his thousand-year sleep and begins to stir…