All paths lead to war... Marcus' hero days are behind him. He knows too well that even the smallest war still means somebody's death. When his men are impressed into a doomed army staying out of a battle he wants no part of requires some unorthodox steps. Cithrin is an orphan ward of a banking house. Her job is to smuggle a nation's wealth across a war zone hiding the gold from both sides. She knows the secret life of commerce like a second language but the strategies of trade will not defend her from swords. Geder sole scion of a noble house has more interest in philosophy than in swordplay. A poor excuse for a soldier he is a pawn in these games. No one can predict what he will become. Falling pebbles can start a landslide. A spat between the Free Cities and the Severed Throne is spiraling out of control. A new player rises from the depths of history fanning the flames that will sweep the entire region onto The Dragon's Path-the path to war.
