When musician and mage Daisie enlists her friend the smith to help acquire a new lute, she expects mild peril at worst. But when she is drawn into the marital woes of the mysterious traveller Astir, her plans disintegrate.

And so it falls to Susan, a reluctant hero(?) they meet along the way, to pull the friends out of the frying pan and deposit them in a series of increasingly dangerous fires.

40pp Colour