The faction of Fanaedar that Melrae Imryne leads has been getting more solid and more fearsome as she has worked tirelessly to improve the position and power of her house and all those below her. Now, though, she faces secrets and enemies that are each more powerful than the last. Imryne’s opponents will not rest as she presses them to act. Vandree Imrae, the matron mother of the first house of Fanaedar, has taken on so much power that Imryne’s only hope to win is to take away what she thinks is Imrae’s most deadly power—her control over the drider.

Imryne’s problematic alliances with old enemies keep her safe for the moment, but the respite is only temporary. For Imrae holds a power that none yet suspect…and to defeat her, Imryne will risk her house, her faith, her city, and everything that she is.

For if Imrae lives through the final confrontation, she will annihilate all of the Ellistraee houses in Fanaedar, and the city will be lost to Lloth forever.

Dramatis Personae

Chapter 1: Thy Secret and Speechless Law
Chapter 2: If Truth Be Spoken
Chapter 3: The Pulse as It Rises and Falters
Chapter 4: The Pallor of Strange Tears
Chapter 5: With Wings That Range Not
Chapter 6: What the Darkness Discovers
Chapter 7: Mutable Winds and Hours
Chapter 8: Heard Among Graves
Chapter 9: Not of Star Nor of Sun
Epilogue: The Light and Darkness of the World