DUTY OR VENGEANCE? This continuation of the Darlicci's Shroud series finds Josh alone, yet determined as he sets out looking for answers and vengeance. With nowhere to turn, he seeks out an old childhood "friend." When Josh is told that the betrayal that befell his crew has happened simultaneously around the world, it becomes clear this was about more than just a psychotic killer in their midst. His quest for revenge becomes a mission to save the shroud from those that would destroy it. But while following clues leading him to the very heart of the Shroud, he's captured and imprisoned by an unfamiliar enemy. Tortured, starved, and interrogated, they seek to break him. Instead of the information they had hoped to squeeze from his ragged remains, they discover it's a bad idea to corner a guardian... and even worse when that guardian is Josh Garenger. Now it's a race against time as Josh and his new crew tries to find the true source of the Shroud's power and stop those trying to bring an end to life as we know it.