When meeting the dead, it is better to pretend that you do not see them. Lord Cassia learned this the hard way. He went on an important mission entrusted by the king himself. And then a plague spread across the earth, leaving behind countless dead. Even the title could not save Cas from a merciless illness and a prison cell.

Three years later, he returns home. After accidentally foiling an assassination attempt on the newborn heir to the throne, Cas takes on the task of tracking down the killer. Together with the beautiful Lina, a brilliant historian, he will have to uncover a conspiracy and learn a terrible secret - one that threatens the fragile peace and could again drag the kingdom into war.