Blood will spill and the Shadowed Halls will take their savage toll as the elf called Nysta rushes toward her own possible death at the hands of the men who murdered her husband.Still reeling from her confrontation with the mysterious Gaket, Nysta must summon all her strength to continue her pursuit of the Bloody Nine. Accompanied by the enigmatic warlock, Chukshene, she quickly finds herself battling even more of the insane creatures which haunt the Deadlands. This time, she's facing a creature unlike any other. Mad with desire to resurrect its own lost god, it has made a wall of souls to surround its fortress of stone. A wall it's eager to crown with Nysta's head.There are many chains in the Deadlands. But only one is strong enough to pull her to that final bloody confrontation where she will face Raste in a Duel at Grimwood Creek.Second in an ongoing series, Duel at Grimwood Creek sees the return of the violent anti-heroine, Nysta, and lays the ground for what will be an epic journey across the Fnordic Lands.