The difficult and impossible are normal fare for a Royal knight justiciar like Sir Athel of Windrose. However, even he is just a bit dismayed to find that he has been asked to smuggle a defecting dark priestess through a besieging army of angry cultists. Is the blind Daughter of Shadow all that she seems? Can she even be trusted? (Includes Illustrations by Gordon Napier) Part One of 'The Shadow Priestess series.