Sir Luther Slythe Krait has a big problem. His friends and he are dying.
Starving, on the run, and driven before a hurricane of ruin and slaughter, they seek a safe haven to hunker down. To rest, to recoup, to regather. The backwater port of Haeskenburg seems to answer their prayers. But Sir Luther knows Haeskenburg. And he wishes he didn't. Because Haeskenburg has a secret. Dark and deadly and ancient, and poised to once more rear its monstrous head.