Having tapped into the Crow the Order's legendary powerhouse Galen is charged with a force beyond anything he or his apprentice Raffi have ever known. And when during the ritual ceremony on the night of Flainsdeath Galen receives a message from the makers urging him to find the Interrex - the child of the last great Emperor - Galen knows that the Keepers are tantalisingly close to the brink of a revolution. Meanwhile Gary is struggling to come to terms with her past her identity and the mystery of how she became a member of the Watch.