The Mage In The Iron Mask: Brian Thomsen

Forgotten Realms, Book IV of The Nobles. An innocent man is imprisoned in Mulmaster, a centre for commerce and industry, his identity concealed by a magically forged iron mask. Mulmaster's ruler, the High Blade, brutally murdered his own father to succeed him on the throne and his marriage to the Tharchioness of Eltabbar draws an uneasy alliance with the Red Wizards. Mulmaster - also known as the city of danger - is the next stop on Volothamp Geddarm's research trip for his upcoming "Guide to the Moonsea" and it may be his final resting place when the bailing out of a friend from the Mulmaster prison embroils Volo in a sinister plot that threatens the political stability of all Faerun. Cover art by Walter Velez.