"The ruthless magician Ashe Stelfire has much for which he will not repent: burning an ancient forest, abandoning friends, and failing to search for his kidnapped infant daughter. This changes when the depraved manipulator Corsis embroils Ashe in a technological and mystical war where the guns are deadlier, the swords are sharper, and the worst weapon of all is invisible to the eye. After Corsis orchestrates the theft of a vial containing an intelligent germ weapon, Ashe's grown daughter returns to beg for his help to destroy it. Much will be lost and the urge for retribution great. However, if the realms have any hope of surviving the looming pandemic, he will have to repent."