After interrupting a sacrifice to the serpent god Set and interrogating one of its recalcitrant priests, Sonja is one step closer to finding the late Sultan of Turan's last surviving offspring, Ashim the key to the She-Devil's plan to staunch the chaos that her regicide inadvertently unleashed across the kingdom.

But locating the bastard prince isn't going to be easy. Ashim has been snatched up by the Sons of Set, who are busy indoctrinating him to serve as a mouthpiece for their rapidly expanding cult. Sonja needs help and conveniently enough, assistance happens to be close at hand in the form of the sinister mercenary Bloodless. They both want to find the prince, so why not form an alliance? After all, if you can't trust a deathly pale stranger covered in tattoos and bone-handled knives, who can you trust?