Ari Marmell is a freelance writer with numerous game design credits to his name, including the Eberron Player's Guide and The Plane Below: Secrets of the Elemental Chaos supplements. He is also a novelist whose published works include Agents of Artifice, a novel based on the Magic: The Gathering Trading Card Game.

A new age dawns in the Multiverse-and the balance of power shifts-in this Magic: The Gathering novel that brings readers to the heart of a Planeswalker struggle
Jace Beleren is a planeswalker who has taken the path of least resistance. He is gifted and powerful, but chooses not to push himself. Part of an inter-planar consortium that deals in magical artifacts, Jace has some power and influence. He also has a certain amount of security. That's all about to change when Liliana-a dark temptress with demons of her own-comes into his life, bringing with her more possibilities and more problems.
Under attack from external interests, a friend dies because of decisions Jace made. Upset with himself and fearing for his life, Jace sets out to find who is behind this new threat. What he uncovers along the way, an inter-planar chase filled with peril, will alter everything he knows.