From the ashes of Sunshine Valley, Juanita is taken to Rat Town, rescued by its knights, shadowed by its B’nogurt allies, and claimed by the city’s all-powerful cult. Her silver hair and crimson eyes mark her as something uncanny, perhaps even Minal’jurz, those touched by Rat Town’s dark god, Bernard. Yet she remembers nothing, save the river that carried her into life. As she searches for answers, she uncovers a city on the brink of divide. Leon XVI, the Avatar of Bernard, demands her obedience. Rutherford and his Ruffians whisper she is the spark of change. Between cult and rebellion, faith and doubt, Juanita becomes the living symbol of a schism that threatens to tear Rat Town apart. Her past is a mystery. Her presence is a danger. Her future may set the world ablaze.

After the Battle of Rupertsville, something ancient stirs. Beneath the ruins of Rat Town, a sorcerer awakens. Alsahar returns with an army of armored rats, a legion no scholar can explain, no warrior has ever faced, and no priest dares name. His power is overwhelming. His purpose unknown. His very existence, a mystery reborn in blood and shadow. Juanita dreams of the coming disaster. Fissures tearing open the land. Cities swallowed by fire. A hand reaching out from darkness to seize the world. The Oracle calls her visions prophecy. The Triple Alliance calls her their hope. Rat Town calls her their prey. Between prophecy and betrayal, faith and ruin, Juanita must stand against a force beyond comprehension. For Alsahar rises from the shattered foundations of Rat Town, and his war will remake the world. Her visions are a warning. Her courage, the last defense. And her destiny is to confront the Terror from Beneath Rat Town.