The long-awaited continuation of the adventures of Troy, Duke of Arvendale, and his friends.
The dark god of the orcs has been overthrown, but their monstrous horde still occupies the capital of the human empire—the splendid El-Séverin. How can the city be freed and the remnants of its inhabitants saved? How can it be ensured that the orcs expelled from the capital don’t crush the surviving provinces of the Empire like an unforgiving steamroller?