The world has never beheld natural born Wycaan twins. Their potential is unknown and their connection mysterious. Senzia and Ilan are young and unready to face an experienced and relentless enemy. Their teachers are dead. What they have is each other. Prince Shayth Shindell is scorned as the not-King. He has lost those who helped him redeem himself and fought a guerrilla war dragging his army and enemies across the land. But now there is nowhere left to go. The people of Odessiya look to him as his closest friend looks the other way. But his time has come. He can run no more. Mharina lost her mentor and her lover. Her mother grieves the family she has lost and her father is far away, even when by her side. Mharina is the most powerful person in Odessiya, but she is young and alone. Love, she will learn, can be as powerful as the magic that stirs within her. Like magic, however, it nourishes both good and evil. Seanchai is a shell of his former self, his memory erased but for the weight of the violence he caused. He clings to his duty to protect his family, but they are dispersed and in danger. He must face a mighty and vengeful enemy without his power or will to live. But Seanchai was once a Wycaan Master. He will do what must be done: one last time.