Wounded heroes of the cataclysmic battle, Seregil and Alec possess spent the past 2 yrs in self-imposed exile, definately not their followed homeland, Skala, and the bitter memories there. But simply because the battle rages on, their period of peace is normally shattered by a desperate summons from Queen Idrilain, requesting them to aid her daughter on the mission to Aurënen, the land from which Seregil was exiled in his youngsters.

Here, in this fabled realm of magic and honor, he must at last confront the demons of his dark past, even as Alec discovers an unimagined heritage. And caught between Skala’s eager need as well as the historic intrigues from the Aurënfaie, they shortly end up snared in an evergrowing web of treachery and betrayal.