When lies bite hard, truth is your only weapon.

Fifty years have passed since Palance Dane vanished.

Across the Lonelands and beyond, rumours of a hero possessing wondrous knowledge have faded into story and song. To most, the Loremaster is a fable; his actions are a mystery; his real name is unknown. Yet in the darkness, dreams of freedom and forbidden whispers of a forgotten world haunt every downtrodden heart.

When Thrace Vetravian, the administrator's son in Stonebridge, is wrongly convicted and sentenced to death, it seems his noble family line will end. Faced with a noose and questioning everything Falinorian tutors have taught him about history, Olandra and his place within them, Thrace must find a means of escape. But where to run?

An unscrupulous thief, a brutal northern woman accompanied by a striking white wolf, a petite Shorne schoolteacher and a straight-talking dwarf; all have a part to play in unearthing reality, as Thrace seeks a way to correct wrongs, past and present.

Whether the Loremaster lives or perished long ago, might his rumoured evidence debunking Falinor's lies yet survive?