The Thregs have taken Plainsview, and Moreen has fallen to the Children. The Sovereign Guard, led by Alistair Highfold, are forced into a defensive battle to hold the capital against the opposing armies. Jo-een Tolshin and Bronwin, the Pale Bull, work to push the enemy from their lands. But secrets and clandestine plots threaten to drive a wedge between those who defend the walls of Valen.

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