At last, the gang gets back together! Belgrieve's journey to find the last member of his old party, Satie, has led him and his companions to the imperial capital of Rhodesia-a majestic city with a dark underbelly, rife with scheming and plots. Their seemingly simple quest to reunite with a long-lost friend is now inexorably bound up with the fate of the empire itself. Amidst the plotting and intrigues of the city, they soon learn of Satie's solitary war against the impostor who has supplanted Crown Prince Benjamin and his clandestine alliance with the legendary archmage Schwartz. Belgrieve soon realizes that the cost of laying his past to rest may be greater than he's willing to pay.