Time of the Champions - The Esfah Sagas, #4

As the god of Death expands his reach across Esfah, the remaining children of Ghaeial and almighty Tarvanehl raise up their chosen Champions. the first Gods'own! A gun-slinging goblin. A blessed human enchantress. The dwarven shield master. A stubborn coral elf princess and a remorseful lava elf. Together with a powerful eldarim dragonlord, they protect the realm. But the machinations of trog warlords and ambitious morehl emperors pale in comparison to the evil plotted by the mysterious Nekarthis, surviving apprentice to the tyrant Sshkkryyahr the Dread.
Why is his lover hunting the gnomes to oblivion? As they grapple with the answers, the chosen heroes of the gods bear the weight of a new horror: one of their own succumbs to the darkness. As the most powerful among them is tempted to the thrall of evil, can they stand against the genocidal plans of a grieving madman who wields the mantle of Malgrimm-the Death god?