House Jhereg, Dragaera\'s organized crime syndicate, is still hunting Vlad Taltos.
Why is the Empire down on her now? Why aren\'t her powerful friends--Morrolan, Sethra, the Empress Zerika--com.
Everybody knows Aliera\'s been dabbling in elder sorcery for ages.
It doesn\'t make sense.
Aliera--longtime friend, sometime ally--has been arrested by the Empire on a charge of practicing elder sorcery, a capital crime.
Then he hears disturbing news.
There\'s a big price on his head on Draegara City.
House Jhereg, Dragaera\'s organized crime syndicate, is still hunting Vlad Taltos