Before he was tasked with protecting the Queen of Tredia, Tal was anything but a knight. Raised to be an assassin, Tal became the best in his field. He performed his job with no hesitations and no questions. But when his latest assignment sends him to Tredia, he can't put aside that it is just another job. Tal is caught between two sides of a war. On one side, he is promised power. On the other, a clean slate. And the assassin is the deciding factor in the war.