When Carthenne Rel first came to Nyaesh, she feared the A’ras. Today she trains with them, battling to utilize the magic they educate, and take off from the shadow blessing within her. Isolated for her differences, she has only a few close friends among the other students. When the unusual and powerful Get better at Invar offers to instruct her to gain access to the forces warring within her, Carth is certainly isolated a lot more. As the lethal Reshian attack the city, Carth discovers a key, one linked to the shadows she must suppress, and the combination of her magic is paramount to the A’ras success. She must master her capabilities as an even more dangerous threat appears, one which adjustments everything she’s become, and problems everything she is aware of her past.