Following the events of "Inquisition", Cathan has taken refuge from the persecution of the fire-worshipping Domain in the sanctuary of a Thetian library. However, political upheavals outside its walls threaten the very existence of his sanctuary.
Přísně utajovaný náklad, střežený válečnými mnichy Ishapova chrámu, je přepaden piráty a bez ohledu na mocné magické ochrany málem padne do rukou jejich tajemného vůdce. Vrak lodi, na které byl přepravován, lze ale pomocí krondorského cechu zvedačů vraků zachránit – stačí vědět, kde jej hledat, a mít představu o skutečné ceně tajemného nákladu na jeho zatopené palubě…
On the storm-wracked ocean world of Aquasilva, the priesthood of the Fire-God Ranthas holds supreme religious power. Cathan, reluctant heir to the clan leadership of Lepidor, has never questioned the teachings of Ranthas’s priests and has little interest in politics, preferring to escape into the more orderly world of oceanography. But when a valuable iron deposit is discovered, Cathan must travel to a clan congress to inform his father – and in doing so discovers just how far the Domain is willing to go to secure absolute control, and how much they have distorted what he thought of as the truth. Sent to a heretic citadel in the outer reaches of the rebellious Archipelago for training, Cathan learns a very different version of Aquasilva’s history, and makes contact with dissidents from across the world – but all of his skills and influence may not be enough when the Domain turns its eyes towards Lepidor . . .