After a two-year absence, Ellyne has returned to the city of Karnascus, only to find it struggling to survive.
Magic on the planet is malfunctioning allowing a new alien race to seize control, enslaving both the humans and Kithrak. With no means to retaliate against their power, civilization quickly fell.
Rebellion is brewing and Ellyne will do whatever it takes to win this war and wrest control away from their oppressors. To see her dreams realized she'll find friends, both old and new, as well as an old nemesis to assist her in her fervent quest to take control of the city and break it free from not only the alien race controlling it but from its addiction to magic as well.
Will the results of the war she wages be worth the losses on both sides?
