The sacred temples have fallen. A new sacred swordmaster must rise. The sacred temples have been destroyed and neither the Leier or the Koral are safe in their traditional lands any longer. When the Sul’toral continue their attack on the Leier homeland using enchantments and deadly creatures, she must find a way to lead her people to safety. She suspects Timo’s involvement but the truth is much worse. What she learns upends all she’s known about sorcery and those who wield it. When neither her mastery of the sacred patterns or her newly gifted Porapeth magic is enough, Imogen must find a way to be more than a sacred swordmaster, or all her people will be destroyed.