Diran was once one of the most feared assassins in the land, but he has turned his back on murder, seeking the life of a wandering priest. But in a rough port town on the edge of the world, his past is about to catch up to him. When raiders hit the town, capturing Diran’s former lover, he must risk everything to save her. And he’s running out of time -- for these are no ordinary pirates bent on plunder, but minions of Erdas Cai, a warlord and servant of the Blood of Vol.
One man searching for peace in a land that knows only blood.
Diran, once a feared assassin, has turned his back on murder, seeking the life of a wandering priest. His travels have taken him north, into lands caught between warring political factions and plagued by lawless pirates. But Diran refuses to take sides.
But when he stumbles upon a plot to restore an ancient relic and use its powers to create an army of assassins, remaining neutral is no longer an option. It’s kill or be killed, take the fight to the enemy . . . even if it means embracing the assassin’s nature within his soul.
The lich Nathifa has stolen the mystic dragonwand and intends to use it to summon an army of weresharks to ravage the Lhazaar Principalities in the name of the Lich Queen Vol. To stop her, assassin-turned-priest Diran Bastiaan must defeat a demon that holds a city in its thrall, contend with a werewolf whose only wish is to die, and survive deadly peril on the fabled isle of Trebaz Sinara. Diran will need all his faith, a brace of well-honed daggers, and more than a little luck to succeed. For if he fails, the Principalities will be swept away in a sea of death.
