Meet Nathaniel Rane. A man of war, trying to live in peace - but dark forces have other plans. Faced with defeat at the hands of a demon army, Rane and his fellow soldiers in the fabled Legion Of Swords use outlawed magic to fuse their souls with their blades. Faster, stronger and all but impossible to kill, they turn the tide of the war and emerge victorious. But there is a terrible price to be paid. Rane discovers the magic that won the war is turning...