Tarma and Kethry are back! Now enlisted in a mercenary troup, they help win a war, and everything seems to be all right. But Idra, the captain of the company, leaves to go to her old home in Rethwellan. And there's no word from her for months. Determined to find out what happened to their captain and friend, Tarma and Kethry, with Warrl and a string of Shin'a'in horses in tow, set out to Rethwellan, where they find a bigger set of troubles than they bargained for! Move over, Batman and Robin! Make way for Tarma and Kethry!