The Raider’s Oath is dead.

When masked killers begin prowling the night, the fragile truce holding together Alcabaza crumbles. Someone needs to take the blame.

And Isiah is an easy target.

Marched into the Badlands at the hands of merchant slavers, Isiah and his friends are rescued by the charismatic Solomon. He promises Isiah a sanctuary where everyone belongs, even those who are Marked.

For the first time, Isiah begins to hope.

Until he realizes some cures demand far more than he’s prepared to give…