Dana and Amiar try to start a new life, but the magical elite refuses to leave them in peace. One of the most powerful mercenaries of the cluster worlds is sent after them: the Angel of a Thousand Blades. He is feared by both his own and strangers, cannot be bribed or killed—only one person can stop him. But what Amiar and Dana know about that person is just one thing: he has been dead for a long time. They have a couple of days to learn his name and figure out the reasons for his death—before the Angel catches them…