When the enemy rises, can anyone stand? Alack and his surly mentor, Kol Abaddon, arrive in the Westland as slaves. But when their powerful God thunders out, they find themselves unwilling servants of the new emperor: Sabrus Caelius, the Sword of Heaven, the man who will bring the judgment they fear. Rechab continues to claim the name and riches of Flora Laurentii. She only wants to make a new life for herself, but when the plight of a village under...