If Yanda thought once she got her daughter back, all would be well, that they could settle in the elven forest or some other idyllic place and live in peace, she’s so far been mistaken. The sister moon of Shalt and Ash-don is demanding to be brought into Terlond’s orbit. Yanda’s Xentu people may be the biggest threat of all, and those whose powers she’s trusted in implicitly do not appear to have all the answers after all. Will Yanda learn to survive in time to save her beloved friends?