What would you do to avenge the murder of your father?

Baron Hanzus Irvaye is no stranger to danger. He has survived battles, treachery, poison, and enemies powerful enough to reach him even upon the open sea.

But nothing prepares him for the news awaiting him at home.

His father has been poisoned.

With death approaching and the assassin already fled, Hanzus is left with a trail leading south to a mysterious inn known as the Black Rook. He wants justice. More than that, he wants revenge.

And he intends to cross whatever seas, kingdoms, and enemies stand between him and the murderer.

Yet Hanzus will not make the journey alone.

Barrett Barrett is a bookkeeper who dreams of escaping his ordinary existence for a life of adventure?even if his appetite for alcohol, women, and trouble threatens to make the reality considerably more dangerous than the fantasy.

Mavrian Morr is something else entirely: a Bloodkin, an outsider belonging to a people feared and shunned by humanity. Her path becomes entangled with Hanzus's mission, placing three unlikely companions on the same road toward an enemy whose motives may reach far beyond one murdered man.

Because someone wanted Hanzus's father dead.

Someone is willing to kill to keep the truth buried.

And with every step closer to the Black Rook, Hanzus begins uncovering secrets about his family?and forces operating around him?that threaten to turn a quest for vengeance into something far more dangerous.

In a world of scheming nobles, assassins, prejudice, bloodshed, strange faiths and divided kingdoms, revenge is only the beginning.

To avenge his father, Hanzus must first discover who his true enemy is.

The Black Rook is a sweeping adult fantasy adventure of revenge, conspiracy, political intrigue, unlikely companions, dark secrets, and a dangerous journey through a richly constructed world.