Dare and his party have defeated the sinister final boss of Gurzan's Last Hold and are taking a break to regroup and deal with the incredible treasures they've found before completing the rest of the dungeon.

Yet in doing so he runs into a snag dealing with the Shalin Counting Houses, a presence in almost every city and most large towns on the continent. His consort Marigold has been vague about her past, but it seems to involve the counting houses in some way. And she warns him her troubles may...