For the first time in years life seems settled for Tiger and Del They run a school for sword-dancers in the South Theyre raising a two-year-old daughter They collect income from their interest in a thriving cantina Occasionally Tiger must dance against sword-dancers bent on killing him for forsaking the oaths and vows of the circle but for the most part its an idyllic life Until Tigers twenty-five-year-old son accuses him of being domesticated Thus challenged by his own flesh-and-blood to reclaim his legendary status Tiger accompanied by Del and his son embarks on a journey northwards that will test his sword skill and resolve and lead him and Del into danger from an old enemy Though Tiger had forsaken his magic years before he now faces the choice to reclaim it and to wield it in order to save those he loves.
