Continuing where Nethergeist ended, the second volume follows Ayilia and her mishmash of reluctant allies as they arrive in disparate lands and must contend with nefarious creatures, Lifeless dissidents, and Vespasian, who is slowly becoming something ... else. Meanwhille, Barrackus, Sheyna, and the rest of the Asthen Raiders have converged upon the Imperium, but little do they know that their greatest threat may come from one of their own.