<p>Humans and elves, dwarves and gnomes, wizards and warriors all live and do business in the thriving, overcrowded port city of Cliff&#39;s End, to say nothing of the tourists and travelers who arrive by land and sea, passing through the metropolis on matters of business or pleasure&mdash;or on quests. The hard-working, under-appreciated officers of the Cliff&#39;s End Castle Guard work day and night to maintain law and order as best they can.</p><p>A new drug called Bliss is sweeping across the slums of Goblin Precinct. It makes people feel better&mdash;but if they take too much, they overdose and die. It doesn&#39;t truly become a concern for the Castle Guard until one of the overdoses turns out to be a former elf lord who is wanted for war crimes.</p><p>The Captain of the Guard must put his best detectives, the half-elf Danthres Tresyllione and the ex-soldier Torin ban Wyvald, on the case to find out what happened to the elf. But when the magickal examiner discovers the truth behind Bliss, it becomes a firestorm of controversy that brings the Brotherhood of Wizards into the case&mdash;and that never ends well...</p><p>An all-new adventure of the Cliff&#39;s End Castle Guard!</p>