Librarian's note: Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781311994271.
Jinari, warrior and leader of the human Kur-hik clan, finds her loyalties tested when High Orc Chieftain Gar-Dum forces her to team-up with a goblin and sends them on a special mission on behalf of the Empire of the Black Moon. Suddenly, she is at odds with her kingdom, her clan, and her own conscience. Short story originally published in Empire of Stone by Alex Ness.
