Introduction: Leybound are going missing, there is a spy in the Arcanum, the Warcasters have returned and the combined regiments face the biggest battle of the war as they march toward the great city of Fallow.  But newly gazzetted Lieutenant Nathanial Riot has his own problems. General Listor Roveran dragged him up from the rank and file and made him an officer, but now hes out of favor, and without money or influence, he'll be stuck guarding a baggage train for the rest of the war.When he saves the life of the Faelen Prince, Riot finds his new patron and agrees to protect him on a journey through the of the red land of the Echo. A secretive order of Faelen monks and bands of fortune seeking mercenaries stand in his way, but if he can get the Prince to the battle, the Captains pendant will be within his grasp....