The mysterious blacksmith’s hammer strikes, turning flame into daggers. In the lands of the principalities, among mountains, abandoned villages, the Darkwood, and on the sea shore, dark souls rage. The whole world has frozen in anticipation of an auto-da-fé—the announcement of a sentence that will change the familiar order of things. Dust swirls along the lonely road, bringing bloody sacrifices, and people need help from the Brotherhood of Guards.
Someone among them must unravel the secret and set out on a path full of new dangers and adventures.