What happens when the hounds think they have run the wolf to his den? No one is more dangerous than a man with nothing to lose.Warships surround Dyzantium threatening murder, rapine and worse. The only option left the impotent Emperor to avoid the sacking of the great city, is to secretly give away a sacred relic. Enter Gathelaus, a red-handed Sellsword and Niels a paladin and poet, together they are charged with retrieving the holy artifact and escaping...