"We know there's some hideous Pit-born creature out there... But is it Kyre? Or is he the only thing that stands in their way?

As Kyre returns to Lordstown, what awaits him? If he can escape the riotous charms of Lind-on-Hill, will it be his Troop of high-born guerrilla fighters, bent of ridiculing him, betraying him, or begging him to lead them into battle again?

Or will the lord’s powerful, scheming wife, the Lady Delfindiana have tasks for him? Tasks that could break him, or make him a fortune in silver, or lord of a second province within the Lordlands? Is it violence and vengeance that await him in Sabri Province? And in Bati?

Lost children; thieving travelling entertainers; a doomed wedding; meeting a nearly-lover friend at the circus; a racing accident in the marshlands; and a face-to-face encounter with the terror of the wildwoods – a hungry vohpat bear.

How can Kyre survive the ordeal on Beacon Hill?

…. Can Kyre survive?

The many meanings of "For what we are about to receive".....

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