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The Tyrans empire is ruled by the Exaltarch and maintained by slave labour. Tyrans has come to encompass a number of subjugated nations grouped around the Sea of Iss and these are kept in line through force by the Brotherhood.

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Kardiastan has finally earned its freedom. Ligea's revolution has succeeded and she plans to go back to Kardiastan and Temellin, but events conspire to hold her back. Meanwhile, Arrant is consumed by guilt and nothing he does to earn himself a place as his father's heir can assuage it.

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While Demitra struggles a rebellion against the Exaltarch, her young son, Arrant, struggles with his own inadequacies. He belives himself rejected by his father, and is alienated from his mother because of her relationship with her one time slave, Brand.