The hunter has become the hunted, as the Assassin Without a Name is forced from his usual haunts by Gwendolyn Goddard and her Black Guard watchdogs. On the run and out of patience, a welcome distraction arrives in the form of an old flame, Elizabeth West, who recruits him for a special Warder mission. The fanatical Jakaree are on the move, searching for an ancient relic so diabolical, the Warders are intent on destroying it before the zealots can lay a hand on it.
But the Assassin Without a Name soon learns that Elizabeth has something bigger in mind. Suspicious of her employer's true motives, she sets out to uncover the truth, leading them on a harrowing escapade across Alchester's rooftops, deep beneath the city's once grand temples, and into the sky onboard a Warder airship.
* The Assassin Without a Name series thus far:
Fine Wine, Killing the Dead, Night of Zealotry, The Goddard Affair, Thief's Gambit
sword, sorcery, assassins, dark fantasy, thriller, technology, urban, fantasy, mercenaries, steamfantasy, steampunk, adventure, rogues, airships, priests, zealots, infernal machines, gods, devils, witch