When dark sorcerers come ashore spreading discord in her village, Gabriella Carlyle is thrust headlong into a deadly adventure to save her home’s way of life. She will have to steal a flying airship only to be chased by demons and dragons, forcing her to turn to unexpected an old man with a mysterious past and his companion Elk. Without ever meaning to, she will find herself on a quest with more interested parties, good and evil, than she ever imagined.

In this second volume of the Elk Riders series, the stories of siblings from In the Darkness Visible continue to interweave, as Gabriella Carlyle and her brother, Dameon, work to stop the plans of Sade and Vondales—bothers who are powerful members of a dark order of sorcerers. Gabriella and Dameon travel far across the ocean on a mysterious craft, the Elawn, accompanied by an elk, Adamantus, who holds many mysteries of his own. All the friends and foes walk paths that explore the bonds of family, the depth of faith, and the ever perilous road to adulthood, one balanced between good and evil; life and death.