A young boy struggles to find his twin brother who has been missing for three years. Ethan realizes he can travel to a new world through an Oroborus named Dimon where he traces the footprints of a legendary life led by his twin. Facing similar hardships and challenges bestowed before him, Ethan must learn the ways of alchemy or his journey will end in peril.

Book 2 in the Ethan Wright series. The highly anticipated sequel to Ethan Wright and the Curse of Silence will delve ever deeper into the world of alchemy. The Mortuus Manus bracelet … the wearer will be unable to die, unless he tells a lie. Xivon has his eye on the mysterious bracelet as well as snuffing out Ethan Wright, if he gets the chance. With a replacement alchemist urgently needed and a missing Mitan at hand, the alliance forged between Tirguard and Losalfar hangs by a thread. Ethan continues his adventures as he and his friends search for clues to unravel the mystery.