The opportunity to escort pilgrims from Lakehurst to the Shrine of Saint Herbert on the Inland Sea coast of Terra de Gossos for more than they had made the entire previous summer sounded to Randall and Marta like a perfect opportunity. Or at least if they could set aside their concerns about the lack of staples and detailed route planning by the stoat and badger monks who hired them.

Accompanied by a trainee champion, Samuel the Stag, they set out with sixteen large pilgrims, including a jovial bear, a wolf whose health might not be as good as he lets on, and a silent, limping moose penitent with a rumored criminal background. Will they be able to bring this pilgrimage all the way from Lakehurst to the far coast across the Altes, the legendary mountains, or will the trouble that always seems to follow Randall again find him?