Alaric Voss is the kingdom’s High Executioner, the man entrusted to carry out death sentences without hesitation. Feared by the town and loyal to the Crown, he has spent years delivering justice with steady hands and an unreadable expression. But now, his own wife has been accused of witchcraft after a jealous man falsely blamed her for his failing crops. The town turned quickly, and fear demanded blood. She was sentenced to die at dawn, by his hand.
