In this third installment of the Annals of the Everbourne, a Justice of Ehrylan rushes to the aid of Twofords with an unexpected ally at his side. The city has been under siege for more than two years. Its walls are crumbling under the weight of the swords and spears of its enemies. If help does not arrive soon, Twofords, where the long-awaited revolution began, will fall. That is just the beginning. The rest of the kingdom is consumed in a war that has spread like an inferno. Somehow, that is the good news. The Ehrylain are rising. Gammin and Marin, two young warriors, charge head-long into a campaign that rages across the Southland, from the feet of the Great Mountains to the shores at the Bay of Arai. The journey is fraught with danger. The Gryhm are abroad. The Everbourne are gathering. Dauroth, the inhuman usurper, has unleashed his most fearsome weapons in the battle for the Southland.