With a single blow, Cete won both honor and exile from his last commander. Since that time he offers wandered, looking for a place to contact home. The faraway holdings from the Reach Antach give shelter, but that guarantee has a cost.

The Reach Antach is doomed.

Barbarians, traitors, and scheming investors conspire to destroy the burgeoning settlement. A wise guy would proceed, but Cete offers found reason to remain. A blind weaver-woman and the beautiful sunset mantle lure the warrior to bet everything he offers left using one final chance to reverse the hungry tides of war.