A lifetime ago, the Old World ended in blood and fire and terrible cold starlight as the reality-eating Wyrd washed over the tidally locked moon of Ruvera. Most died, but a few found shelter in the islands of the treacherous Shattered Sea, or else threw themselves on the dubious mercy of the ancient draconic race. Now, six hundred and thirty-six cycles later, Adeena Yassin, a tired and jaded mercenary captain of once-some-renown, finds herself desperate enough to sign up to an expedition deeper than ever before into the broken wastes of the Old World. It should be simple: into the Wyrdwastes, and then out again before the Long Night falls. That’s the theory, at least. However, she soon finds herself a pawn in deadly political game, and in the background powerful forces vie to change the trajectory of Ruvera’s history.