The slavers are moving against High Priest S'Rak and Captain Jisten to make them pay for the destruction of Wethmir House. Other forces are moving also, secret forces, and S'Rak remains their target. Between Jisten's racial bond with S'Rak and S'Tyll's empathic one, there is little the two men can't accomplish where S'Rak is concerned…so long as they work together. But trust is hard to forge in the aftermath of outraged blows and assassin's blades, especially after the too-bold bard makes a play for the too-shy captain. If Jisten and S'Tyll can't learn to trust one another enough to form a working partnership, the one thing they hold dear, S'Rak, could be lost to them both.