From international bestseller Glen Cook, comes the seventh book in the chronicles of the Black Company — the series that forever changed the face of fantasy.
Standardbearer and reluctant Annalist Murgen knows they are running out of time.
The Black Company has seized the fortress of Stormgard — but victory has only brought new dangers. Now besieged, starving, and surrounded by the Shadowlanders, the Company faces destruction
both from within and without.
As the siege intensifies and the brotherhood teeters on the brink of collapse, commanders and soldiers
alike vie for power. Meanwhile, Murgen finds himself slipping violently through time, forced to relive past horrors even as his present unravels…
