This is the third book in the open-ended 'Sembia' series that chronicles the Uskevren family. It features characters first introduced in 'The Halls Of Stormweather'.
When the matriarch of one of Sembia's oldest and most powerful merchant families in duped by an evil wizard into an assassination attempt on her own husband, her family is thrown into turmoil. Once the truth is discovered, she and her husband must struggle to save their family and stop the sorcerer.
