Having traversed the foothill labyrinth and survived, Troll heads to Kadot, the capital of Zimnogorye, to find a White Order contact initiated into his mission. Agents of the Black Empire are at the ready - the young warrior is immediately drawn into a whirlpool of intrigue and sabotage. But master Sultunar’s student is not so easy to destroy... Troll begins an investigation into the conspiracy that has matured in the kingdom’s palace.