Humans and elves, dwarves and gnomes, wizards and warriors all live and
do business in the thriving, overcrowded port city of Cliff's End, to
say nothing of the tourists and travelers who arrive by land and sea,
passing through the metropolis on matters of business or pleasure--or on
quests. The hard-working, under-appreciated officers of the Cliff's End
Castle Guard work day and night to maintain law and order as best they
can.
Gan Brightblade is one of the world's greatest heroes and a personal
friend of the Lord and Lady of Cliff's End. So when he's brutally
murdered in grubby lodgings in Dragon Precinct, on the eve of a great
quest, the Captain of the Guard puts his two best investigators on the
case.