Cassandra has fought alongside Skharr DeathEater, but will she be able to forge a new path alone? When the former paladin turned Barbarian Princess is robbed while aiding travelers against brigands, she vows to find the miscreants. Will her search lead her to them or greater danger? In the war-ravaged north-east of the continent, a new evil has arisen and begins to impose a rule of dark sorcery...