IMHO there is something fundamentally wrong about the way this books are being edited. Sometimes they are too big, trying to cover everything like there is no tomorrow. Other times, they follow an avenue to great depths, but feel like they aren't looking an inch to the side. And sometimes, like this book, they feel like everything that was cut out of the main book was just thrown together and given a cover.

Dont get me wrong, the text is awesome, art and formatting are great, I dont remember any mistakes, but I feel this book would have been better if it were four books instead of one: Shadows and Spectres, Tempest and the Labyrinth, Other Kingdoms of the Dead, and Soulforging. To be honest, this is something Wraith always suffered from - Ends of Empire and the double Guildbooks won't let me lie.

All in all, I'd rather have this book than not, but it surely could have been better.

I purchased this book yesterday, and it was a good surprise. I expected it to be good, but did not expect it to be great. This book is like Haunts, but a lot darker, more polished, with story opportunities. Wraith is a hard game to storytell, and this book really gave me ideas for stories related to the Skinlands. The text was great, editing was ok (there were a few typos, but nothing that compromised the books quality), the art was good, formatting was ok. I will definitely keep tabs on the author.

There are five scenarios in the book: Hotel Mercurial was ok, reminded me a little of the hotel from the Shining, with the creep factor a little higher in. Blackmail, twisted minds, dirty deeds, this is a Haunt, and where whatever kind of sick deeds could have happened. Family Secrets was a sick, sick scenario, that just delivers what I always thought wraith was about. A close, personal story with a whole lot of tragedy. This was my favorite, perfect for a story with few players. Cruelest Cuts is a great mystery story, ripe with potential to end in something like Shutter Island, Identity, or one of those movies with a great ending. This one was also very good. An Artist's Muse in my least favorite scenario. Although it delivers great history, the types of stories I could envision just weren't my cup of tea. However, there was something novel here - someone who, in life, was evil, and did not go to Oblivion. It was an interesting character. The Blue Man was good, but not what I look for in a Wraith story. I was on the lookout for things related to the living, and this story does not deliver the proximity I look for in a Wraith story. I liked, however, the maddening aspects of the story. Gave me a lot of good ideas.

Good work!