*FOR MATURE READERS*

As Umber's guardians fall to assassins, the unwary citizens partake in the annual Festival of Utu, celebrating life, luck, and the bygone age of myths. But not for long. A new peacekeeping force chooses Utu's Night to take charge, a force that will stop at nothing to establish control over the unruly city. And with Emerane gone, who's to stop them?