The high priest�s husband is on a rampage. A skilled assassin, S�Tyll has made it his mission to take revenge on behalf of his spouse. Unfortunately, he�s starting with Jisten, S�Rak�s bonded Valer and captain of the guard. At the same time, S�Rak is in deep trouble, for his Zothian past hasn�t remained decently past but is dominating his present and trying to collar his future. Can S�Rak manage to convince his outraged spouse to accept Jisten and attack his real enemies instead?
To make matters worse, the attacks on the Valers continue, this time right through S�Rak�s carefully wrought wards. With the chapel not yet sanctified, it�s as vulnerable as the Valers, and S�Rak is duty bound to defend them all. With S�Tyll under arrest, time becomes a commodity even more precious than gold or water. S�Rak will stop at nothing to secure S�Tyll�s release before the horrors of gaol drive the empath insane, but will it be enough? Or will it be too late for S�Tyll?
Science fiction & fantasy