The sky that fell on a frozen world has lifted. The three wars have ended. 

Viglis and Wallinisa leave the safety of a lord's service to start a new life in Dece, a city best known before the wars for fights, bars, and gambling houses. Viglis wants to help bring law and order and get paid for it. Wallinisa wants to paint. 

Others have found their way to Dece. Tlanias, a cunning and vicious criminal patron. Red, like other Bonded soldier fanatics, a man left mute and half dead by the defeat of his master, the Believer. 

Thousands of desperate people search for a way to survive in a city ravaged by war. Hope, fear and ambition collide in an exciting and insightful epic fantasy. 

Who will rise from the ruins?