Sometimes, your case takes a left turn. Or three or four. Marten Mingenstern and Boog Eggstrom are provisional inspectors, fresh out of Inquisitor’s Guild training and eager to prove themselves. Assigned the mundane task of tracking down stolen jewels, they instead uncover a mysterious cult set on destroying the city. After a thief explodes, they earn the enmity of a vicious noble, their superiors get bought off, they’re seized by barbarians, and they are sentenced to death. Twice. In a final, frantic race against prophecy, they stand with their companions against the power of a sinister prophecy.