Shrouded Realm — Richard A. Knaak

The awesome world of epic war--where young Cabe Bedlam's magic battles sorcerers, mad lords, witches, demons, dark gods ... and the fiery, shape-shifting Dragon Kings. Now: the amazing saga of how the Dragonrealm came to be.

Trapped on a world poisoned by foul magics Dru Zeree has one hope to save humankind. He must lead his people into a mirage, to a spectral land of ghosts.

But the path between realms is a gauntlet of elementals, treachery, and the demons of a lost race. And beyond the gateway, the mirage of life might become a dark abyss of horror, death -- and shadows...