Cover by Kirsten Maloney

Kynyr is hunting for private justice and proof that Malthus murdered a lawgiver. His wife, Kady, takes a viper into her nest by letting her sister Larena live with them: Larena is secretly sleeping with Malthus. Cooley Blackwood has gone looking for his father's murderer. Into this perilous mix rides a Creeyan military intelligence officer, Stoneriver, who might be Kynyr's worst nightmare.