Worlds apart, one man prepares to claim The Barbed Coil, whilst another man is shot in the back and left for dead. The Prologue

Tessa and Ravis return from Fale, wanting to do little more than roll up in their beds and fall asleep. Little do they know their worse nightmares lie ahead. The Bridge.

Izgard of Garizon sends out his forces to destroy all who have converged upon Castle Bess. The Harras