Looking for lost lambs is no job for an assassin. Cold coin keeps Nin scouring the glens and gullies of the Renali Kingdom for Marco's corpse.

She's never had ambitions beyond the Hunt. Now Herald of the Hillmen, Kassika Blackwater must brave the elements to bring dire warnings - and her monstrous charge - to the capital.

Turn and turn-about is fair play when burning a witch. No-one, Peat included, suspected what nightmares might arise from the ashes of her village's folly.

Newly infirm, retirement is not as much fun as Jiminy had hoped. When the Temple offers him the means to resume his thievery, he views the golden opportunity with a jaded eye.

Doors that have long been closed are creaking open. Magic and other malign forces are seeping through the cracks...