A birthmarked Barrow nobleman hopes to locate a particular major magician in the east, who can cure him. He's shocked to discover that most citizens seem unaware that anything east even exists. With three unaffected companions, he sets out, only to be driven into a deadly desert by a relentless monster. Barely surviving the desert, the survivors find themselves among a primitive people who need them desperately. Can love and iron-working haul his new people back from extinction?
