Roland, who is the Keeper of the Clock, and Gwenivere, former crown princess of the Lands, are separated by 46 feet of stone. After seizing the throne from her father, King Adolphus had the Prison Maxiumus constructed around Gwen. She lives in a cell with no door that measures eight feet on every side, and which is centered in a structure that measures a hundred feet on every side. Gwen has been the jail's only resident for seven years. In the Clock Forest, Roland returns home from his duties tending the Ebony Clock to find that someone has left an unsigned letter on his kitchen table. The letter reads: Dear Roland, Consider five statements. Three of them are true. Two of them are lies. 1. You are the last of your kind. 2. King Adolphus is an immortal being. 3. The creatures who walk the Lands after sunset serve no master. 4. Gwenivere's prison was not constructed according to specifications. 5. The Ebony Clock is not connected to anything at all. Sort the truth from the lies, and you will be free. So begins the latest epic from Anthony Dean, author of the Voided Man trilogy.