Along the Many Houses of Damnation

Under his teacher's orders, Jeskun takes Vohro's horse, Dahkar, and makes his way southward towards the moorlands, where the Davinian School lies, in order for him to meet and train with Mastro Siel, who is head of the First Blades of the School of Daví. But during the journey, things take a turn for the worse when he runs into Wesper Forest, a hundred-mile long woodland region forsaken by the ugliest of spirits, full of thousands of trails and paths specifically made to confuse the traveler, sending Jeskun down a perilous whirlwind of mental anguish--and into the arms of a horrific creature.

This installment introduces a new character, Wenden (Wend) Nahn of the Wespering Clan, a fiery young huntress who begins to clash heads with Jeskun from the outset of their first encounter.