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alternate cover for ISBN 9780765380746 The traitor Baru Cormorant is now the cryptarch Agonist — a secret lord of the empire she's vowed to destroy. Hunted by a mutinous admiral, haunted by the wound that has split her mind in two, Baru leads her dearest foes on an expedition for the secret of immortality. It's her chance to trigger a war that will consume the Masquerade. But Baru's heart is broken, and she fears she can no longer tell justice from revenge... or her own desires from the will of the man who shaped her.