No good deed goes unpunished.
Edward sets out to retrieve a little girl’s lost doll and ends up finding a murdered corpse.
This draws him into the dark recesses of the Empire’s criminal underworld. Keen daggers in the night seek his blood, but he can’t strike back until he discovers his true enemy.
With an ally more foe than friend and his back against the wall, can Edward find the cunning necessary to save his friends? Or will crime lords and deadly wizards spell the end of him?