In the city of Greenharbour Marla Wolfblade, sister to the High Prince of Hythria, mourns the death of her beloved slave Elezaar and faces the fact that her secrets are in the hands of her deadliest enemy. But Marla has been playing a waiting game for the last twenty years and now the gloves are off. She will have revenge and, if she has her way, it will be cunning, treacherous and lead to her enemy's total annihilation.