For Esben Berengar, the road home is paved in blood. Twenty years ago, Berengar left the Kingdom of Ulster and never looked back. But when another of the High Queen's Wardens vanishes in the icy reaches of F l's northernmost realm, only Berengar can find him-even if it means returning to a place he thought he'd left behind forever. But Ulster is more dangerous than Berengar remembers. Outlaws roam the countryside in open rebellion...