The Moine Empire spans a vast tract of land, zigzagging between two mountain chains and an ocean, but in the distant northern plains things are brewing that could spell trouble. The residents of some of the farming towns are starting to come under the influence of a strange new religious order, and The Covenant has in fact, apparently brought peace and prosperity with it. But maybe not all is as it appears on the surface. One resident of the northernmost outpost of the empire has questions; those unacceptable doubts will lead her farther afield than she ever thought to go, and grant her some of her most unexpected dreams... for a price. At the far end of the Heartland she will find that friends, religion, and politics, are a dangerous combination. As rulers are toppled, nobles vie for power, and unseen forces play a deadly game, observers are left to wonder who is the player, and who is the... Pawn