From the ashes of tragedy, hope is reborn but quickly stolen away. Can Rhiannon survive her harrowing journey to reclaim that which is most precious to her?

Rhiannon has settled into the life she thought she wanted but it has left her restless and she has still been unable to produce the all-important heir to Ventra. When tragedy strikes, Rhiannon is pushed to her limit. She becomes afraid and unsure of herself.

Flath has also suffered much and though he has tried to be a good king for Beaynid, he’s made a horrible decision that he has grown to regret. To teal with is problems, he takes on a different persona and tries to make things right, but how long does he have before his charade is discovered?

Baobh has put her plan into action and patiently awaits her day when she will have her revenge upon the Empress of Ventra. Hiding in plain sight, she will not give up until the day when she will be back in the Castle Sona Tuath, one way or another.

A new threat emerges from a mystical land in the south, far across the Desert Sea. The mysterious Lord Rull lures Flath and Rhiannon south into the vast desert, across a pirate infested ocean, and deep into the jungles of the land of Dar’ Ven. The Emperor of the Ynny’ dagh is obsessed and deadly and will leave Rhiannon with a scar that she will bear for the rest of her life.