The BloodFang Orc tribe has abducted the Queen of Silverdrake, Edolyn. They need her latent dragon magic in her blood to sustain Maldok, the dread god they are about to revive. Her only hope is the Rybalt Knight Paladin, Sir Rafael De La Rocha, who once long ago served the queens of Silverdrake as its Duke of War.
The port city of Pamona in the Tarkol Empire has fallen victim to a series of brutal murders. Murders that continue despite the words of the local government that assure the Tarkolia Prime otherwise. It is apparent to the Emperor that something supernatural is at work in Pamona. Something that has subverted the Empire and his will. Something he cannot let stand.
To seek out the culprits, he sends his best agent, Dame Vanessa Storm. She is a Rybalt Witch Knight, the only one ever, with magic that dwarfs the best mages in the Empire and she possesses skills in the martial arts that make her the perfect assassin for the Emperor. She is his deadly hand. She is the Lady Nemesis.
