The great wizard Nabal's death offers many opportunities, both for
those who knew him and those who did not. For young conmen Ezak and
Kel, it means a chance to loot the wizard's estate... if they can win
the confidence of Nabal's widow, Dorna. But Dorna has plans of her
own. She means to leave the tiny village for a better life in the
city. And all of Nabal's wizardly artifacts and talismans will pay for
that new life -- if she can only get them there intact!