Rowan and his small team of mercenaries have been plucked from obscurity by the now-disgraced Lord Kael D'Alquid. Through his leadership, the group has risen into one of the most sought after teams in Tyr. Their latest mission seemed straight forward enough, plunder a caravan of its gold from the crazed Cult of Yuanti; worshippers of disease and rot. But when the promise of vast wealth turns up empty, Rowan learns that their leader Kael may not have told them the whole truth behind the mission...