Wrongly accused of a grievous crime, Marco Larkinson, the once great swordsman of Romulus, awaits his imminent execution in a cold, damp castle dungeon. After stalking Marco for years, a beautiful and mysterious sorceress seeks to drag out the story of a cursed land in which she has an unhealthy interest – a place from which only he has ever returned. Trapped in his cell, Marco can no longer avoid her obsessive prodding and, at last, is forced to relive the memories he has tried so desperately to forget. Through tears, anger and torment he tells his story of survival and finds himself once again haunted by the bizarre and unspeakable horrors of the land known only as Zero...