After freeing the captive elves of Lyceeum, Halen’s Heroes uncover a troubling account of Malrick’s past—one that contradicts everything they thought they knew. To reach Venom Thicket Tower, they must cross the Hedge of Temptation, a shifting magical maze that turns their deepest desires against them. Bound together by touch and hunted by something they cannot see, each hero must choose between a perfect illusion and the companions refusing to let them go.