The companions' journey takes them across a vast, dangerous ocean and their relationships, tenuous at best, become even more strained.

"Freya has a wonderful grasp on storytelling and the written word. She has the one thing that is hardest to find in a writer and that's a smooth dance of words. All of the beats are just right whether it's a sentence or a paragraph." Chris S

As the King's Assassin, Ashlar Slate, continues to pursue the four companions, threats also assail them from elsewhere; pirates and a deadly poison.

This is the fourth book in The Kaerling Paperback series. Join the journey before it ends!

If you enjoy tales by Robert Holdstock, Tara Saunders and Frank Herbert, you'll love The Kaerling series!

Warning: contains scenes of a sexual nature, violence and slavery, which some readers may find upsetting.