Solace is booming out of control. An important temple dedication is bringing merchants, dignitaries, and a host of ne'er-do-wells and surprise visitors to the fabled tree-top town. And lately there have been a series of mysterious incidents. Palin has sworn off magic and nowadays acts as town mayor. He desperately needs a new sheriff, as the last one has just been murdered by malefactors unknown. Fortunately, Gerard has quit the knighthood after a quarrel with his father, and arrives just in time to don a sheriff's badge. Douglas W. Clark reunites two of the most popular characters from the War of Souls epic in this new novel set in the best-selling Dragonlance world. The town of Solace is booming after the War of Souls, with anticipation driven to a fever pitch by the upcoming dedication of a new temple to Mishakal. But when the sheriff turns up murdered, a strange warning carved into his chest, Mayor Palin Majere sends for the one man who might solve the crime and restore calm to the troubled citizens: Gerard uth Mondar.