"Cadderly must leave his home to combat the evil unleashed by the Chaos Curse. To counter Castle Trinity's plans for conquest, the cleric and his friends enter the beautiful forest of Shilmista. But among the trees and glades of the forest, Cadderly must battle a monstrous evil."

Caradoon, city of shadows, city of assassins. Through its dark streets flit the killers of the Night Mass, led by the thin, sinister killer known as Ghost. In the city's evil alleyways Cadderly, struggling against the horrible Chaos Curse, must fight an additional battle against sudden, silent death.

The war rages on. Cadderly, scholar-priest of the Edificant Library, leads the combined forces of Caradoon and Shilmista forest against Castle Trinity, stronghold of his enemy Aballister. But another mission calls him on a journey leading into the past. A past he would just as soon forget. In this fourth book of "The Cleric Quintet", Cadderly leads the combined forces of Caradoon and Shilmista Forest against the Castle Trinity, stronghold of his enemy Alabaster. But another, smaller mission calls him on a journey into the past--a past he'd just as soon forget.