Four people haunted by their pasts seek new lives in a far-off land. Bryen and Aislinn plan a fresh start. Talia flees a secret as she works toward a more prosperous future. Jakob is on the run, in search of a magic relic. What no one seeks is the evil awaiting them. The Territories are supposed to be a place of promise and opportunity. A place to break free from a troubling past and create a new narrative. For Bryen Keldragan that means a fresh start in a world where he won't be known for who he was and instead can become who he wants to be. While Aislinn Winborne hopes to break the bonds constraining her, finally taking a path of her own choosing. Talia Carlomin sails for Ballinasloe, desperate to forget a bloody past and the lord who betrayed her. She is filled with hope and promise as she builds the business that holds the key to her family's future. Jakob needs to evade the monster hunting him and fulfill the task entrusted to him by a Magus. Yet none of them are aware that New Caledonia is also a land of treachery and deceit. They know nothing of the evil festering there. Will Bryen and Aislinn survive the journey across the Burnt Ocean and make it to the Territories alive? Will Talia Carlomin fend off the deadly threat that puts her family at risk? Will Jakob fall victim to the creatures lurking in the Murk? Find out in this epic fantasy by bestselling author Peter Wacht. Read Book One of the new series The Tales of the Territories.