Trinidy marches his army of death on the heels of Lance and his friends.The Greyshalks and the Darayal Legion prepare themselves for a battle they cannot win.As the people of Beykla steel themselves under the disputatious rule of their boy king, their southern brothers secede and begin to rule themselves.While Azcarnikus sets his arch devils into their tasks, Delania struggles with the growing realization her time with Lance is coming to an end.Can the broken crown of Beykla stand against the coming of the Abyss Walker, or will the blood of the innocent be shed before the might of wickedness?