Kyralia is facing threats at home and abroad as a rogue killer stalks its capital's streets
while the neighbouring kingdom of Sachaka is breeding a rebellion that could destabilise the
entire region. High Lord Akkarin and Sonea's son Lorkin has a legacy of heroism to live up to
but despite his good intentions his incarceration in Sachaka's rebel Traitor stronghold could
destroy the tenuous peace between the two countries. Angered by Lorkin's seeming defection the
Sachakans blame the Kyralian ambassador Danny - and they are a savage people when roused. And
back home in the University two young novices are about to remind the Guild that sometimes
their greatest enemy comes from within . . .
