After watching Yvvestrosai burn, Damon is headed home with sore feet and a broken heart. There’s no avoiding what he must tell Malon and Vel. The weight of losing Ria, his partner, his wife, is inescapable.

His travels are hard even setting aside his personal struggles. He’s a wanted man and a dangerous man, with his myrblade at the height of its power in the midst of winter. It’s a fact which others recognize, a fact which makes him valued as much as feared.

A meeting between the Godking and th...