You are a brief candle in a long night. You pass through, and we are grateful, but the blackness will take you.Yet another village full of complaints. Daine listened, delivered all the justice she had power to give, and prepared to move on.All in a day's work for a Knight of the Road.Of course, some disliked her intrusion into their schemes, but they were of little concern. They had tried to stop her before and would doubtless try again.Thin...

Can you trust me, Lady Darkhelm?Perhaps. Perhaps not. But . . . what choice do you have?The West has fallen, and Daine and her allies are in full retreat. Following her disastrous confrontation with the Trellecs, the Knight of the Road finds herself trapped behind the walls of Swinford—with no chance of escape. The King's Army is at their door, and betrayal waits around every corner. With Eliud and Kirsten waylaid elsewhere on their quest t...