After the decades-long war between the kingdom and the rebellion ended, Blackwood thought his burden as chancellor would lessen. Now, he stresses day and night investigating an attempt on the king's life to prove his suspicions, which mean nothing without evidence. Desperate, he resorts to summoning the greatest mind in the continent. Unfortunately for him, the one to possess it is his greatest adversary in the court of Parliament.

Many celebrated the end of the war, but Anden wasn't one of them. To him, it only meant more Militia soldiers marching through the streets, a presence he preferred to avoid. Living as a criminal in a land of mercenaries and nightmarish creatures, all he cared about was his life and his flask of liquor. Until one day, he crossed paths with a mysterious woman whom trouble clung to like a shadow.

The fair winds that have blown on Argust for centuries are growing fouler by the day. The bright spark of peace may soon be put out and consumed by an even deeper darkness.