Several months after leaving Ostburg, Krueger feels compelled to aid a friend of Dr. Nicolai, the sorceress Jasmyne, as she heads to Nordstadt to retrieve a tome containing the secrets of demons. When Bishop Ignatius of Nordstadt decides both Jasmyne and the warrior woman Saren are his enemies, Krueger finds himself in a conflict that threatens to unleash an ancient power better left buried. Balefire and Brimstone is the second book in the Krueger Chronicles, following the events of Souls of the Everwood.