Syphis Vaski. The names stirs fear and dread throughout the Hundred Kingdoms. Now a mysterious nobleman has hired the (in)famous assassin to eliminate what's left of House Griflet, a House already weakened by plague. When the job goes wrong, however, Syphis finds himself forced into a service he never expected: escorting the Griflet heir safely to Lokryn, the capital of Asirov. But is the capital really the refuge they believed, or do enemies lurk within the Emerald Palace itself?