Half a year after the destruction of his home city, mercenary Everett Black is still adjusting to life in the magically-concealed town of Eclipse. His adventures with sorcerers and assassins are interrupted, however, when someone from his past returns with a chance at revenge against the empire that ordered the attack on his people.

But the box of clues doesn’t add up, and the more Everett digs into the past, the more everything points to a dark and dangerous enemy lurking in the shadows. It will take all his skills—and a lot of help from his new allies—to survive the encounter.