Four wizards are murdered and the runes, written in blood on the floor, show that the murderer went forward over a hundred years in time.
Years after the monumental events at Mount Huis, Bard is called back to the area by no-one less than the head wizard of the Fourth Great Wizard Tower, Claudio Timeless. His old friend has to ask him for one last favor, and Bard would never say no.
A century outside of his time, Bard and his new companion will have to find the raven-haired elf and learn what he believed was worth killing for. With any luck, they'll learn what they need to before the body-count gets too high.