Rat Eike, thief and warrior, lives by the will of Chaos, trusting only to his luck. He successfully jumped from one master to another, committed misdeeds, and slipped away from justice until fate led him to the edge of the world, leaving him penniless.
Now, to return to the North, Eike agrees to escort a mysterious mage into an ancient tomb. But what seemed like a simple break-in turns into a deadly test of his faith in Luck, for every reckless step in its darkness brings death.