The daggers of gutter rats do not easily find themselves in the backs of princes, yet this vengeful hope is all that sustains young Jeld after the prince's tyranny leaves him alone and broken on the harsh streets of Tovar. The god-like Idols have abandoned Avandria, never so much as protecting him in dreams where some say they linger. In a horrible irony, it seems he survived thanks only to his father's violent temper for so honing his empathy...