A slave rebellion erupts on the southern borders of Meekhan. The humiliated and dispossessed want revenge on everyone and spare no one. Genno Laskolnikov and his troops find themselves right in the center of this war. What are they looking for among the rebels who have decided to throw off the age-old yoke?
And thousands of miles away, in the north, a detachment of Mountain Guard finds itself inside a sinister artifact brought from another era—its secrets have already cost many lives. Meekhan is bleeding, and nothing can stop the blaze devouring the empire. But the people fighting one another will have to learn that their land—and they themselves—have become a battlefield for those far more terrible and powerful than any human—those who had been waiting for a chance to return.
To return and change everything. The fates of the North, South, East, and West are tied into a tight knot, and it’s impossible to predict who will die and who will remain alive in this battle.