Short story. Number twenty-one of the Tales of the Executioners, stories about the vampires elite "police force". Tellith is on vacation when he gets a call that the citadel is under attack! Is it the Hand of Death and his army? Will anyone survive? Can Tellith get back in time to do anything? And if he does, will he end up dead, too? It's a race cross country that he might just lose.

Fourteen short stories that complete the saga of Malick’s Guild. Volume Two continues the stories of the vampires’ elite enforcers. Well established in contemporary times, The Guild rots from within as Malick’s madness spirals out of control. His desperate plots to regain – and tame – his prodigal son lead to rebellion, betrayal, and death. Can the survivors pick up the pieces or will fiery chaos rule?