Bane Kiraly has wanted to die for a purgatory of time. When finally presented the chance -- stabbed trying to prevent a rape -- he plans the end game and staggers away to face it, only to see his last wish denied through a long-shot rescue by a clueless Good Samaritan. Is it cruel punishment of a vengeful God? Is it fate? If you save someone's life, do you owe them forever? These questions spring from the Tongues of Dying Men, the answers in the wind, the tale in the telling.