The third volume of the adventures of the soldier-krigarrian Barrellius van Bier and his friend Sean.
The capital, Efiim Tanderstad, is a city long considered impregnable. However, that belief is now in doubt, because armies of the kings of the north and the south used to never get close to its walls. Having lost his legions in the Golden War, the tetharch of Efiim calls on mercenaries from all over the world to defend the capital— including the best of the best: the last monk-knights of the krigarians. But before stones and incendiary bombs were brought down on Tanderstad, something strange and ominous began to happen inside the city. An unknown enemy declares war on the krigarians—and so that van Bier and Sean won’t fall to a treacherous blow from the back before the Battle of the Millennium even begins, they accept the challenge they are issued…