The king is dead! In the Varisian port city of Korvosa, the death of a monarch leads to chaos. It's up to a band of bold adventurers to stop the spread of tyranny before all of Korvosa is crushed beneath the queen's iron fist.
When a king is dead, and chaos grips the streets of a great city, who will rise to return order and to save the lives of the citizenry from those that would prey on them?