The Truth is a weak thing. It has no power. The only power the Truth holds is the power we grant it.The conspiracy is over. A deep draught was taken from the bitter cup of revenge. But not all is what it seems. Deceptions, new and old, unfold in this dramatic third book in the WAHRHEIT series.Gerhard Fischer obtains a powerful and dangerous new tool. Ulrik finds an ally, and learns an old one has been playing him since the beginning. Ursula bargained the death of an enemy for the death of a loved one—but in the violent confusion of the palace—it's not clear which is which. Captain Otto Tilly meets his match, and discovers even the strongest armor has a chink a blade can slide through. The Bloody Hand is stymied, inciting his terrible wrath. And Ilse Brinke begins to realize the war they are fighting isn't what they think it is.