High priest S�Rak successfully prevented his brother�s assassination and discovered, to his delight, that Captain Jisten wasn�t under a vow of purity after all. But nothing is as simple as it should be, and the prince�s health continues to decline, and discovering the cause stirs up far worse trouble than anyone expected.
While Jisten might not be under a vow of purity, it stands to reason that a sun priest should be, but that doesn�t seem to bother S�Rak�s enemies. When the high priest appears powerless to stop the senior sun priest�s abuses, allowing himself to be victimized for the sake of the Victory Prophecy, the captain takes matters into his own hands.
He has a good crossbow, the help of a Goddess, and a dragon. What could possibly go wrong?