Once one of his world's deadliest assassins, Diran has turned his back on violence to seek peace in the life of a wandering priest, but his past is about to catch up with him as raiders capture his former lover, and he must risk everything to free her from these minions of Erdas Cal. Original.

One man searching for peace in a land that knows only blood. Diran, once a feared assassin, has turned his back on murder. Seeking the life of a wandering priest. His travels have taken him north, into lands caught between warring political factions and plagued by lawless pirates. But Diran refuses to take sides. But when he stumbles upon a plot to restore an ancient relic and use its powers to create an army of assassins, remaining neutral is no longer an option. It's kill or be killed. Take the fight to the enemy... even if it means embracing the assassin's nature within his soul.

Acclaimed author Tim Waggoner brings his first Eberron trilogy to a stunning conclusion. Diran, once a feared assassin, has turned his back on murder, seeking the life of a wandering priest. But in the seas of the Lhazaar Principalities, peace is rarely found, and even justice must be bought in blood. A new power has risen, hoping to conquer the east with an army of beast men, and only Diran and his companions can stop them. The concluding volume in the critically-acclaimed Blade of the Flame series that follows a former assassin trying to change his life and set the world to right.