Jhan escapes Obahn, but finds that she can only flee to another type of captivity with Ahlen. Still determined to reach the Sun God, he forces her to continue their journey. Jhan loses more and more of herself with every mile, until there is so little left of her sanity that, when the love of her life, Kile Dor, finds her at last, he is a stranger. To save her, he must finish their journey to the Sun God in hopes that his vaunted healing powers can bring Jhan back her sanity and her life. Fifth in the Dark King series. 157 pages