Long ago, when the earth was young. . . Four ancient beings created man to be the bastion of the earth and its creatures. But when The Great Tyrant came and chased The Ancients away, the world was transformed into a place of fear and isolation. Over time humans lost the connection they had with a world they had been created to protect. Now, deep in the forests that surround Gray Mountain, two bears find a small child that is abandoned and left for dead. They name him Evercloud, and raise him as a member of their kingdom. Teaching him the secrets of the elders, they tell him of the ancient beings that created man and the rumors of their return. Evercloud must now go on a quest to return The Ancients to power. However, in another corner of the land, a man known only as The Messenger travels the land under a white hood, on a mission to prevent the return of The Ancients. We follow the paths each of these men take until their stories collide in an epic battle of good versus evil

The second book in the Everflame series. The saga continues as Evercloud and the Messenger continue to fight for their version of truth never knowing what they might find in the world around them, or what they might find within themselves. Twists and turns bend what each character knows of good and evil and raises questions of the true nature of us all.

The world cares not for heroes. It will bend and break their will through the maddening chaos of its existence. It will drag their dreams across its sandy crust, crushing hope beneath the weight of its rocky bones. The world cares not for heroes. It destroys them. Follow the continuing stories of Evercloud and Densa as they battle the evil that threatens them both inside and out. Will they succumb to the darkness they hold inside, or will they find the strength to give the world a war cry.

Will the Tyrant be defeated? Will Densa return to the darkness? Will the world perish or be saved? Continue the journey of Evercloud, the brothers Floyd, Densa and more in the fourth and concluding book of the Everflame series, Everflame 4: As The Darkness Waits.