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The Barfield family, Arkansas sharecroppers, are heading west with their sons Jeffrey and Todd. In far West Texas their camp is attacked by Comanche raiders and the elder Barfields are killed and scalped. The younger boy, Todd, is taken captive by the Indians. The older son, Jeffrey, manages to hide and is rescued by the militia men. Jeffrey is taken in by a home-steading family, while Todd is sold, for a rifle and gunpowder, to a Comanchero trader named January.

After coming to the stark realization that they were deceived by a close and trusted ally, the surviving members of the Collective struggle to find purpose in the new apocalyptic, war-torn world around them.

Chaos is burning through the world. An unnatural mist rises each and every night, and lurking within the vapours, the dead are being reborn into monstrosities. At the centre of everything, Kehlem stands ready to protect those he holds closest, but with the Aspect changed forever, what hope is there for those who would rely on its power?