They write about me in the papers. They speak my name in the streets. A city legend is a convenient disguise for one's real name and one's motives.

Still, power rises to the surface, no matter how deep its hiding place. And I no longer feel like hiding.

There are intrigues and conspiracies more lethal than any ancient horror. Only I can flush my enemies into the open—and drown them in the tide of their own deception.