Introduction: With a life spent in the King's royal army, Auric the Blackhand has seen all there is of war. Now, he wants nothing more than to spend his twilight years in quiet seclusion. But when a mysterious young girl comes to Brunholm, pursued by unsettling forces, Auric has no choice but to step onto the battlefield once more.Blackhand is a horror-fantasy tale of a kingdom under the heel of a distant imperialist, and the people whose lives collide when a monstrous power is unleashed upon an already volatile land....