As Winterburne's life unravels in the fallout from his confrontation with Courtenay, he soon realises that it's going to take more than just a little luck to get it back on track. But, when Queen Ysabel actually declares war on the Empire, he finds himself sent on a mission to try to restore peace, a mission so dangerous that it threatens any semblance of the future that he might have hoped to salvage.
