Azoth, a former guild rat, takes on a new name--Kylar Stern--and identity while learning the art of assassination from a master, Durzo Blint, the city's most accomplished assassin.
Klyar Stern abandons the life of an assassin after his master, Durzo, and best friend, Logan, are killed, but just as he begins to settle into his new life, rumors begin to hint that Logan may still live.