The Russian branch of “The Society” was destroyed with my active involvement. But was it a victory—or will it have consequences? I’ll have to work with what’s waiting for me next. And besides, someone has already come to the city—someone who, it seems, is about to set off a chain of events that will pull me into a new whirlpool of intrigue and a fight for my life and power. Where would I be without power—even if I myself don’t crave it.