The threat of another war looms over the United Kingdom: Honoré de Biro is preparing to invade the Tiese March, and an army led by van Ouden is rising in the south. While the Holy Orders and clerics get stuck in a web of intrigue, and those who possess them are busy searching for secret knowledge, only the brotherhood of the mysterious Good People remains true to their ideals. The main character, by chance, finds himself drawn into the thick of things, fulfilling another order from the brotherhood.