From the Publisher:

Dar-el Lan-Martak walked the Cenotaph Road – and in the blink of an eye he exchanged his old life for a new one. But in this other world, Lan found himself with a fussy spider for a companion and a powerful wizard for an enemy. Hardly an even trade – and certainly no accident.

Now he and Krek were in a desperate race with the wizard Claybore. At the top of a mirrored mountain, inside a sacred temple, was an alien artifact controlling all the portals along the Cenotaph Road. Lan had to reach it first of be stranded forever. He thought that Claybore, reduced to a mere skull, would have difficulty climbing the mountain. He forgot that wizards always have their own inventive ways and underhanded methods….