Talembur's quest to find the lost stronghold of Raven's Keep has brought him to Cytheria, one of the cities supporting the rule of High Queen Rhamnousia Pendragon.

But the brutal mercenaries of the Grand Company prowl outside Cytheria, threatening to burn the city to the ground.

Yet that is not the greatest danger Talembur faces.

For a legendary assassin hunts him, ready to drive her wraithblade into his heart...