When Lias' wife was kidnapped, all his skills as a woodsman couldn't save her-or himself. Captured, sold repeatedly to different masters, Lias endures abuse, torture, and worse. By the time his latest master buys him, Lias is little more than an animal.

At times, Necromis, a knight of the Order of the White Bear, would like nothing more than to oblige his aggravating new charge, but one thing stays his deadly hand: Lias is his last hope. The day of reckoning is coming, and there's only one way out of this bargain-capture the heart of a broken slave, or Necromis' soul will forever belong to Bonecracker.