Memories of treachery and betrayal still haunt Landon. His family torn apart, his father and brother sent away to some faraway prison, he is about to receive another blow. While toiling in a rock quarry for the local nobility, he receives a visitor: his brother-in-law, Bendri, has arrived. The news he bears is grave. Landon's mother is dying. He must make the journey to see her one last time and speak again the vow he made. He would have his vengeance.