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It's frosty. The wells of power are weakening and the pushes of Night expand strong. The gods are real, but still have some power, largely to do damage. The Instrumentalities of the night time are the most severe of these. Piper Hecht, blessed Else Tage, survived a battle with the Instrumentalities. Now he's Captain-General of the armies struggling a crusade for Patriarch Sublime V. Intrigues swirl round the throne of the Grail Empire, as the imperial family's adversary, Anne of Menand, increases money to help the perpetually indebted Patriarch funding his crusades. To reduce his own vulnerability, sickly young Emperor Lothar assigns his two half-sisters - his immediate heirs - to their own realms. Now Piper Hecht discovers that the legendary sorcerer Cloven Februaren, known as the Ninth Unknown, is still alive, more than a century old, and on Piper's area. As the dynastic politics of the Empire become even more convoluted, it's clear that as the old gods may be fading, they're motivated to do everything they can to bend the doings of men to their own advantage. Sieges, explosions, betrayals, Anti-Patriarchs, and suspicious fatalities will ensue as the great chess game performs itself out, with Piper Hecht at the center of everything....
