Even three hundred years after the apocalyptic catastrophe that destroyed the Old World, danger still lurks in the world. Raiders, slavers, monsters, and feral mutants prey on the weak. But when a band of one of them dares to ravage a settlement of Oathtakers, the Onyx Order is tasked with traveling to the lawless lands of Volnitsa to exact vengeance and return their kidnapped fellow citizens.

But in their righteous quest for retribution, they will make an unexpected discovery. A discovery that will bring them much deadly attention.

Will the Order's crusaders and the rescued civilians be able to overcome their personal and shared difficulties, prejudices, and temptations to complete the mission and successfully escape when the claws of Paikan, the ruler of Volnitsa, begin to close in on them?