For seventeen-year-old Ferius Perfect, there are no halftones. Black or white. And for some reason the adoptive parents say that a true Argosy has no enemies. Why not? Ferius knows their names and even where they live. These are the jen-tep magicians! She still hates them and is willing to do anything to make sure they get what they deserve. But “hate” is not the Path to follow. Not the Argosy Way. During the five years that Ferius lived with Durral and Enna, they did everything to make her forget about the horrors she experienced as a child, but... apparently not enough. Daring, eccentric Ferius is forced to leave home, and along the long roads she will face shocking discoveries that will change her forever. In the meantime, she stands in the middle of a silent desert, and magicians are approaching her to kill her...