Meet Risgan: rogue, gambler and outlawed treasure-hunter.
A crash landing in Mangor Forest by hot air balloon renders the relic-hunter prey to horrors and perils: cannibalistic pygmies, sinister shamans, wandering gibbeths, and unusual kodos. Invested with a magic talisman that is cursed and has tampered with his natural aging, he must face an ancient horror in a grotto which the mariners of the Mantaray coast speak of with vast distress.
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