Leo dan Brock struggles to defeat the marauding armies of Stour Nightfall. Savine dan Glokta plans to claw her way to the top of the slag-heap of society. Rikke struggles to control the blessing, or the curse, of the Long Eye. Glimpsing the future is one thing, but with the guiding hand of the First of the Magi still pulling the strings, changing it will be quite another