The Company of Dragonslayers is commissioned for a relatively simple task: investigate the growing maritime rumors of a vanishing mansion.  But the mission ends suddenly with a shocking death.

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Cora devises an unlikely plan to reverse this fate--an audience with the Sacred Council of the Cerion Forest.  If they can find the Cabal, naturally.  If they aren't killed for trespassing first.

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Dead calls unto dead, and the Dragonslayers are sent on a cross-country expedition to excavate the remains of one improperly buried.  Meanwhile, Elric obtains a higher calling, which is immediately put to the test.

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Reeling from their recent setbacks, the Nephreqin seeks revenge against the Dragonslayers and orchestrates a brutal scheme of treachery that leaves mental, physical, and emotional scars.  And in the attempt to escape both capture and torture, the line between friend and foe becomes blurred.

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Will the Dragonslayers remain united?  Is forgiveness for treachery a possibility, or do scars last forever?