Deep in their schemes to take back the city of Fanaedar from those who have taken it in the name of Lloth, Melrae Imryne and her lovers must be canny and careful as House Melrae begins to rise in precendence in the council. Building a fragile web of allies, House Melrae is proving that it can survive in the cutthroat leadership of the city.

But House Melrae is gathering powerful enemies as well as allies, and it will be betrayed from both within and without. And when tragedy strikes at the heart of Melrae, everything that they have fought for so far is threatened...and Imryne will have to answer the question of how much of herself she will sacrifice for victory.

Dramatis Personae

Chapter 1: There Yet Shall Be Sorrows
Chapter 2: The Shrine Where Sin Is A Prayer
Chapter 3: Vandree's Cold Mistress
Chapter 4: Absence
Chapter 5: Another Mother
Chapter 6: Comfortless Hours
Chapter 7: The Music of Death and of Change
Chapter 8: Strange Allies