The City Under the Mountain

The City Under the Mountain is the heart of The Seven Signs saga, plunging the companions into a deadly labyrinth where ancient powers stir.

Haunted by betrayal and pursued by enemies, Dormael, Shawna, D’Jenn, Allen, and Bethany journey into the wild north of the Sevenlands in search of another piece of the ancient Nar’doroc. Beneath the deadly Gathan Mountains lies an impossible city—a place of marble towers, collapsed ruins, and long-buried magic that still pulses with dangerous life. But it is not empty. The Garthorin, monstrous predators twisted by hunger and blood, prowl the surroundings in hordes, waiting for the intruders to make a sound.

The companions soon learn that the city is more than a ruin: it is a vault of the past, a crucible of sorcery, and the resting place of another piece of the Nar’doroc. Each step deeper into its halls brings visions of a vanished civilization, traps of staggering power, and enemies more cunning than beasts. At the center lies the temple and its source-stone, a relic of staggering magical energy threatening to tear the mountain apart.

But danger does not come only from the ruins. Bethany’s growing power, Shawna’s obsession with vengeance, and Dormael’s cursed dreams strain the fragile bonds of loyalty. Maarkov, broken yet defiant, lurks in the shadows of the Gutters with children who remember the sister he wronged. And Maaz’s shadow stretches ever longer, twisting the fate of nations from afar.

Epic in scale and claustrophobic in terror, The City Under the Mountain blends brutal action, lost history, and mythic revelation. It is a story of hidden cities and deeper secrets, of trust shattered and reforged, and of the terrible cost of hunting power beneath the weight of the world itself.