What price will Kesta and the fire-walkers have to pay to keep their people from enslavement? The raids were more ferocious, more desperate and much earlier in the year. When Kesta sees in the flame who is really behind the attacks the Independent islands of the Fulmers seem doomed to fall. Their only hope is to cross the sea to seek the help of the King of Elden and his sorcerer, the Dark Man.

Would you dare to change the world? Kesta had left her heart across the sea, choosing her people, retaining her freedom. They were at peace, her islands saved from slavery, and yet… her soul was uneasy. To the north cruel Chem lies in chaos, its people suffering as a result of the death of the ruling sorcerers. Refugees flee the cursed Borrows, begging for help from those they have made their enemy. A Queen unknowingly makes a dark, deadly pact, and new powers rise to fill the seats left empty by the Dunham necromancers. In the seclusion of the Raven Tower both Jorrun and Osun search their hearts, and their conscience, and the brothers come up with a daring plan. They have a chance to change the world, but how can they break free of Bractius’s control to take it?