"The man who became known as Esrahaddon is reported to have destroyed the world's greatest empire--but there are those who believe he saved it. Few individuals are as divisive, but all agree on three facts: He was exiled to the wilderness, hunted by a goblin priestess, and sentenced to death by a god--all before the age of eight. How he managed to survive and why people continued to fear his name a thousand years later has always been a mystery...until...