THE FIRST TENET OF THE WIND: Do not get caught. Sister Sable has lived by the first tenet for seven years, but when an unexpected accident reveals the runaway nun to the clergy, she is forced to embrace the remaining four. THE SECOND TENET OF THE WIND: Win by any means. With the King's spymaster committed to killing her, and his general regretting he didn't, Sable enters a deadly game. THE THIRD TENET OF THE WIND: The purpose of picking up a blade is to cut the enemy. Scaring them is discretionary. THE FOURTH TENET OF THE WIND: Have no preferred weapon. Even so, she likes the axe. THE FIFTH TENET OF THE WIND: Know the way of all professions. Prophet, pilot, assassin, spy, Sable will need to call upon all she has learned to protect the King's future from the past.