Author Approved and Revised Edition DANGER, DECEIT, AND DOUBLE-CROSS Her beloved city in dire straits after a bloody civil war, the spellcasting Lady Nyctasia is forced to seek alliance with a neighboring state. But the rumored marriage-treaty has loyal swordswoman Corson whetting her blade... matrimony being no proof against murder. Between Nyc and the cloaked assassins stands only a tormented nobleman-whose enigmatic past bears close examination indeed...