As the marandaal draw ever closer to Harn, Inerdyr is intent on crushing the renegade Watchers and mercenaries who have banded together in the name of a unified resistance to the starspawn.
In Luudhoq, the Seven fight and plot as cracks appear in their ancient empire.
Ilumor prepares to lead the defence of Mirkwall against the marandaal, but an unexpected fate awaits him.
And those few who walk the Green Road find that something terrible lurks within the very heart of the world...