At a crumbling crossroads, Dray and Orso face a decision that will define their fate. Orso demands they flee west into the wilderness to hide their stolen fortune—melting divine gold in mountain caves until spring. But Dray sees something different in the map: Vance's Folly, a walled trade town with a garrison, constabulary, and eyes everywhere. One path leads to the life of frightened rats. The other? A gamble that could make them kings... or corpses.