After the rebellion, the people of Tamrillin received a new ruler: Elissan Diar, who calls himself the first Poet King. Not everyone at court is happy about this change of regime. Rihanna secretly works against him and discovers the secret weapon he is hiding in the depths of the palace. Meanwhile, civil war rages in distant lands, and former Court Poet Lyn Amaristoth gathers allies old and new to return to Tamrillin and stop the coronation. The Poet King's rise to the throne is tied to a dark, ominous prophecy that threatens to unleash a battle of legend unless Lin and her friends stop it.