...Arriving at the hall of death banners to honor their ancestors, Jame realized that the dead were restless. It was discovered that her cousin Kindri also carries the legitimate blood of the Norfs and, together with her and her brother Torisen, forms the trinity into which the faces of the Three-Faced God will be embodied: creation, preservation and destruction. Jayme must return to the Tentir school and continue her studies, and together in order to continue eluding unwanted suitors, strengthening his magical connection with the golden hunting leopard, taming Rathorn's foal, dodging assassination attempts, and participating in the Winter War. She will have to fight off the attacks of the mountaineers and the attacks of huge yakkarns, discover the secret of the death of her villain uncle, and, of course, prevent the devastation of her world.