The Church of the Righteous Truth stretches ever outward across Alytheia. Jealous defenders of the Goddess's magic, the Church sees all, controls all: trade, military, the ancient arts of Wielding and Cognation-even life and death. Now, as the Church's Premiero Irmao prepares to seize yet more power, the Goddess's light fades darker still...
But there is hope. Four forgotten outcasts-Al-Dreban, a young and disillusioned priest; Solatta, a healer haunted by her tragic past; Sentenza, an old colonel left for dead; and Braga, last survivor of his platoon-unknowingly hold the fate of Alytheia in their hands. As each stumbles deeper into a web of conspiracy and betrayal, their destinies will entwine, leading them inexorably toward revolution, sacrifice, and-perhaps-redemption.