C. Marry Hultman 
Just Before Dawn [EPUB ebook] 

In the expansive and legendary world of Wargia tales of heroism, war, and danger spread like the Web, the name given to the magical force interlinking every living thing in the realm. Here nations fight each other for dominance when they are not engaged in bloody civil wars. The tales from the Web span eons and are as vast and varied as the realm they inhabit.

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Mattai Corven is a traveling salesman traversing the countryside when he comes upon an aged warrior Rouell di Chaen: Together they seek to settle for the night in a village haunted by an evil force that comes with the mist to take the children. Unwillingly Mattai is dragged into a mystery he has no interest in solving.