Fresh from his triumph on Tereg, Azaran travels to Eburrea, the homeland from which his friend Segovac was exiled twenty years before. A land groaning under the tyranny of a mad King and the Witch Queen who controls him, soaking the realm in bloody sacrifice and endless war. A land burdened with fear and yearning for freedom. But all is not as it seems. For the Master knows Azaran is alive, sends his two deadliest servants to hunt him down. Kings and Queens dance at their whim and warbands gather at their command, for Azaran must die and they will burn down entire kingdoms in the process. Hunted and betrayed, Azaran and Segovac ally themselves with a rebel prince. Raising the banner of revolt, they gather an army of warriors eager to cast away the shackles of tyranny. And at the final, fiery battle, Azaran will face his enemies and learn the dark truth: that the Master who seeks his death was once the one he served...