Should be Read alongside it's Companion Death's Plea Bargain.

Friendship has fallen, killed by her own guards. Guards that had only been weapons wielded by someone int he shadows, someone not even Luna can find. There is only one option, call for the judgement of the Dead, call for the king on the iron throne, the bearer of the barbed wire crown. The court of the last mortal resolve has been called to session, Tyranus Portae presiding. What will the verdict be and how will things change after.

Book 1 of the Assassin-verse Cycle, the 1rst Timeline of the In-verse