For Wally Smith, the fight with himself is over—he became Lord Shonzu, a warrior of the highest rank, and his sword is one of the most dazzling blades in the service of the Goddess. But his main task is still not completed: he hasn’t yet grasped the meaning of the sutra-riddle set for him by a demigod. Maybe the sutra has something to do with those mysterious sorcerers that Wally keeps encountering—pushed relentlessly onward by the logic of events?