Richard and Kahlan travel to East Marwen where a resistance fighter, Connor has ben murdered. Kahlan investigates and confesses a man named Niles, who is then executed but proven innocent later on. As the pair try to unravel the mystery, they learn of Azzallel's Orb, a device which instills false memories in its victims' heads. Meanwhile, Zedd goes homewards for the key to the Ancient Crypt of Tavol'Rang, and has an unpleasant run-in with his brother, Thaddicus.
