Albion bleeds, its people suffer, its capital in ruins and still the war that put an end to the Skavite rebellion threatens the fabric of Albion civilisation. The army of the free democratic government march north against their king, determined to end the royal line forever. Duke Benedict heads the king's army in a desperate attempt to save the royalist cause and way of life. Who will prevail in this bloody civil conflict? The second book of Devastation will settle once and for all the age-old argument of the rule of Albion, electoral representation or divine right.