A mercenary order sworn to defend a god, but bent to the will of mortals.

When family turns on family, it's business as usual in Arrabar, but when a family turns on itself, an entire nation may be torn asunder.

A forbidden alliance solidifies, an army marches, and an ancient society begins to crumble.

Vambran and Emriana have survived assassination attempts, family feuds, arranged marriages, and monster-guarded secrets. But now things are starting to get really dangerous.

Life and death both come at a price in the mercenary city states of the Vilhon Reach. Vambran thought he knew the cost of both, but he still has a lot to learn. Thomas M. Reid makes humans the most dangerous monsters in Faerûn.

From out of the deepest forests comes the most unlikely ally in a war for a city's heart.

Sides have been chosen, traitors have been revealed, and masks have come off the most secretive of Arrabar's elite - friends and foes alike. All that's left is to find it out.

This is the concluding novel in a trilogy exploring the political intrigue of a mercenary society in the Forgotten Realms world. Author Thomas M. Reid has written the entire trilogy, which takes place in an area of the world little before explored in novels.