War has returned to conquered Ekka. At its heart, a sorcerer promises victory and, at last, freedom from oppression. All he asks in return is a throne.
Hidden in the salt marsh, a banned cult hatches its own plots. Gemeti, daughter of a dying priestess, has few allies. If she is to a win a throne of her own, she will need support from all the wrong people.
Rimush has good reason to distrust Ekka's would-be liberator. His own hands are not so clean. If he is to blunt war's blade, he must journey into the very heart of the invader's empire, and convince the sun not to rise.
Ekka's future hangs in the balance. War has returned.