Sixty-five thousand battle-shocked, trained killers came home to no jobs, no food and the plague. What did Her Majesty think was going to happen? Tomas Piety takes his duties seriously: as a soldier, as a priest of Our Lady of Eternal Sorrows and as a leader of men. With his best friend Bloody Anne, his war-damaged brother Jochan and his gang, the Pious Men, Tomas sets out to reclaim what was his.