Can the youngest son of a noble house save his family from a plot generations in the making?
Crispin Marlowe grew up in his brotherโs shadow, but Hadrian is gone, and his grandmotherโthe Duchess of
Delosโis dying.
Answering her summons, Crispin takes off on what should be a routine flight to the ducal palace from the castle at
Devilโs Rest. But he is flying into a trap. There are whispers of treachery among the duchessโs many daughters, rumors
of hidden knives in the planetโs court ... if he can even make it there.
With no one coming to save him and only his sister, Sabine, and a few injured guardsmen to protect him, House
Marloweโs least famous son must make his heroic stand, and contend not only the foes arrayed against his house, but
with the cultists who dwell in the mountains above his familyโs ancestral home. ...
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