Thirty years ago, Ineluki, the Storm King, was defeated and his armies scattered. Since then, Bright Ard existed peacefully under the rule of Simon Snowstrand and Miriamel, daughter and heir of King Elias. But it is becoming more and more difficult for them to rule - the autumn of their lives has come. Simon's dreams have left him, old friends and allies are dying, and he himself is threatened by betrayal. In this darkening world, a new journey awaits Simon. In the North, in the icy mountain-fortress of the Storm King Nakigge, the Queen of the Norns wakes up from a deep sleep of many years. She orders her people to destroy the human world. Her sorcerers will bring back the fallen demon from oblivion, and troops of the Claws will begin to scour Arda in search of the blood of a living dragon... And finally, the greatest artifact, the Witchwood Crown, will belong to her. And then humanity will fall.