"Harrod is a thief forced into servitude to a Raider Lord named Bettan, leader of a group of pillaging and kidnapping dregs who live on the fringes. He's itching to get out from under Bettan's thumb, and orders to go to some mountain ruins offers a perfect excuse. Inhabited by a cult that worships a god they call Na, Harrod sneaks in and locates his target, a tunic from before The Destruction. But his actions don't go unnoticed and he's ambushed by the cult's priest who demands the tunics return in exchange for safe passage. Gravely injured, he decides to wear the tunic as he searches for a path outside, and notices that the tunic is more than meets the eye. During a chance encounter, Harrod becomes hunted by Malakai and Rella, the best hunters of men in Bettan's army and along the way meets Brennin, a quick witted puglist scholar, and Raja, an Ilfalni woman capable of controlling plants. Together with his new friends Harrod must discover what secrets the tunic holds and prepare for a final fight with the hunters. He knows they'll never give up the hunt and he dreads the idea of being captured and returned to Bettan, if Malakai doesn't execute him instead"--back cover.