An action-packed steam-tech fantasy novel that combines elements of epic wartime adventure with thrilling cloak-and-dagger espionage.      The second novel based upon the award-winning WARMACHINE® steam-powered fantasy wargame and the world of the Iron Kingdoms(tm) Role Playing Game. The Iron Kingdoms are at war. On the same day that Cygnar declares war on Khador, two dangerous, off-the-books operations launch themselves behind enemy lines: one of a highly personal (and royally unsanctioned) nature; the other launched to stop the first by any means necessary. While hot war rages in Llael, these forces collide in no-man's-lands far removed from the front.      A junior marksman with the feared Widowmaker corps, a nineteen-year-old Khadoran woman named Irina is caught up in these events when the integrity of her own mission collapses. Trapped alone, deep in hostile territory, Irina must rely on her courage, her training, and her wits to navigate both the perils of the wild and the malice of her enemies, while still desperate to accomplish her own mission in the process.      If she can survive at all. © 2001 - 2013 Privateer Press, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Privateer Press, Iron Kingdoms, WARMACHINE, and their logos are registered trademarks of Privateer Press, Inc. Used under license.