The assassin Varis has seized control of the Skewed Throne and now rules as Mistress of Amenkor. Unprepared, not certain whom she can trust, she's taken power at the most perilous point in Amenkor's troubled history. For even as the city hovers on the brink of starvation, facing a harsh winter, Varis is haunted by a horrifying vision: Amenkor in ruins, its harbor watch towers destroyed, wrecked ships sinking in waters stained red with blood, and the city engulfed in flames. A forgotten enemy has returned. And they're closer than anyone thinks.
