As Rhulad Sengar, the Emperor of a Thousand Deaths, spirals into madness, the Letherii secret police launch a reign of terror against their own people, conspiracies rock the palace, and the far-seeing Errant is suddenly blind to the future, while the Edur fleet draws ever closer and a band of fugitives embarks on a perilous quest out of the empire. Simultaneous. 30,000 first printing.