Five years have passed since the Ghost Company gripped Tourm in a political war. Tensions are mounting between noble and commoner. As husband and wife, Orrick and Sylvia protect Brzeg against any more of the Ghost Company’s violence. Orrick strives to prove Dario Cephus still wishes to harm the realm. But each time he interrogates a blackguard, they deny his involvement. And a new threat has emerged: “Lady White Death,” a white specter who burns manses with the nobles still inside....