"At some point we need to stop expecting our Emperor to make everything fair and nice, and do something ourselves. The thing I liked about Jaeger is that he always seemed to get that." Aema had been left picking up the pieces in Conorbatia after Jaeger's sudden departure. Amongst coming to terms with the sudden loss, she seemed to have a knack for thrusting herself right into the middle of the events and corruption that is slowly taking over the city. Meanwhile, the emperor continues to prepare his people for war in the South, ignorant to the cancer gnawing at the centre of his empire back home. The question of whether Jaeger is alive, what he is doing, and how he can possibly think that he is helping, seems to have eluded everyone. As The Hero of Aridhold slowly becomes more of a memory than a person. The Monk's Apprentice is the second book into a fantasy epic that explores the desperate situation of mankind and the other estranged civilised races of Thylacine. Their survival exists among hostile territories dominated by scaleskins, roachkin and now demons too. To make matters worse, schemes and greed fester in Conorbatia - the largest and most sheltered city on The Plateau - where the need for unity is greatest.