Book 2: Rashnir and his friends look for ways to escape from Grinden; the demonic prophet Absinthium crowns the warlord Rutheir as King. When travel plans suddenly go awry and they wait for the return of one of the First Elves, the ranger and his friends are trapped at the center of an old quarry and facing the unified armies of their enemies.
Book 3: Following the battle of Grinden Quarry, the rebels split up and flee Jand in order to evade The Order who has demanded the heretic rogues' lives... but at every turn some new evil arises: vampires, bounty hunters, and technomancers. The Watcher finally arrives and reveals that not all evil is as easily identified.