Springtime in Styria. & that means war. There have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight & between them they have bled the land white. While armies march heads roll & cities burn behind the scenes bankers priests & older darker powers play a deadly game to choose who will be king. War may be hell but for Monza Murcatto the Snake of Talins the most feared & famous mercenary in Duke Orsos employ its a damn good way of making money too. Her victories have made her popular
- a shade too popular for her employers taste. Betrayed thrown down a mountain & left for dead Murcattos reward is a broken body & a burning hunger for vengeance. Whatever the cost seven men must die. Her allies include Styrias least reliable drunkard Styrias most treacherous poisoner a mass-murderer obsessed with numbers & a Northman who just wants to do the right thing. Her enemies number the better half of the nation. & thats all before the most dangerous man in the world is dispatched to hunt her down & finish the job Duke Orso started... Springtime in Styria. & that means revenge.