The Master of Murmures extends his grip on the kingdom of Zhal, promising to anyone who hears him to give his most dear wish in exchange for full access to his eyes and ears.Refusing this deceitful market, transforming the victims of the tyrant into true spies for his pay, Zeb Osidis exiled years ago, forcing his clan to wander on the inhospitable lands of Zhal. At the death of Zeb the patriarch, caught up by the royal assassins, it is now up to Adam to honour the promise made to his father never to yield to the advances of the Master of Murmures. In the face of the misery of the family he now has, will he only be able to resist?