Lavini a needs the pes to hel p track down her brother, but they soon find that he's the worst ofthe bunch-it was at his lurid that the elder vanderborens peri shed. Yet her real problem is n ot financial, but personal Her younger brother Vanthus h as fallen in with a bad cro wd: thi eves, cutthroats, and smugglers. After he r parents recently perished in a freak accident, she in herited a large number of debts along with the rest ofthe esta te. :f!'''rl by Jam es Jacobs The Pes are re cruited by a desperate nob le of the city of Sasserine, on e Lavinia van derboren. blissfully ignorant ofwhat the tide is ab out to bring in.

This time, all of civilization waits unknowing on the sho re.

Yet this time, the doomjyill not be limited to one hapless city. Now, after a th ousand years, the savage tide is about to return.

taking pride in the ruin they had wrought. The hateful architects of the savage tide transforming th e citizens of a proud city into feral. the tide swept over an an cient civilization. Unl eash ed from the cruel heart of a shadow pearl.

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