Publisher's Synopsis
In the year 467 of the Arkanian Imperial Calendar, stories amongst the enslaved Avat people speak of Avat sanctuaries, havens of rest hidden from their oppressive Arkanian masters. Brent, a half-blood who knows the Empire's racial tyranny far too well, trusts that no such place exists. But when he's caught up in a violent slave riot and is accused of being an accomplice, he'll have to find it.