Celia Sand faced Diavala and won-- but at a cost: she is plagued with guilt over her role in the death of her best friend. When she discovers that Diavala is still very much alive and threatening Griffin, the now-infamous plague doctor, Celia is desperate not to lose another person she loves to the deity's wrath. The key to destroying Diavala may lie with the only other person to have faced Diavala and survived-- Halycon Ronnea, who has secrets of his own. Secrets that involve the ink that Celia has come to hate. -- adapted from jacket.

Sequel to: Ink in the blood.