<p>The second book in the saga.</p><p>Johanna, Prince Roald, Nellie and Loesie have been captured by bandits.</p><p>Touched by evil magic, Loesie behaves ever stranger and may be a danger to attempts to escape.</p><p>Every step they take brings them closer to the duke who is said to be the source of evil. Is he the necromancer who has burned all of Saardam?</p>