The final volume in The Chronicles of Tenebrak.
Across the length and breadth of the Twelve Claims, the armies of the Serpent are massing.
Discord is everywhere - even on the satellite circling above the planet Sunrise - and the Serpent's cult of evil and suffering is threatens to spread throughout the Confederation itself.
In the woodland fastness of the high Alder the Kindred prepare to make their stand. Only Herra's wisdom can defeat the Serpent. But can the Kindred afford the bitter cost?
