A dead sorceress clings to life. Mershayn has a host of problems. The woman he loved was brutally slain. His kingdom was stolen by a usurper. The dragon god has sworn to annihilate humankind. And Wildmane, the only one capable of stopping the god, has vanished. A philandering bastard must save a kingdom. Now Mershayn must take his kingdom back, find Wildmane, and preserve the sanity of the woman he loves, a threadweaver so powerful she has brought her own corpse back to life. A god of dragons will burn them all.... But first, he's going to have to get out of his prison cell...