The epic tale of the Daéfinlyr, begun in Daughters of a Winter Night, continues in the second book of the trilogy.

Atop the the nar Cenfeal, Bethesela takes the Keystone, and the Quill of Binding drifts into the wind. With the stone and the blood of all four Winter’s Daughters, the Dark Queen has all she needs to break the Keystone and begin the chain of events that will free Gorath the Bound. As prophecy unfolds, she heads south to set sail across the sea to the Isle of Storms.

Nohrjane, the immortal wife of the Cenfeal Rai, gathers the Daéfinlyr and races to stop her. Along the way, Orin wrestles with his newly discovered past and the horror of his true identity. His trust wanes as his power grows.

When Bethesela fails on the island, the chase takes Orin and his companions into Gorath’s mirror world of Saéthenghal. Aided by creatures of legend, they cross the flat grey sea, and, in accordance with prophecy, they join forces with a long-simmering rebellion determined to end Bethesela’s oppressive reign.

In Saéthenghal and in the timeless passages of carduyn n’ryth, heroes fall, while new ones rise. Orin emerges, seemingly victorious, but when the Quill of Binding falls into the wrong hands, Fagen Cane travels through the mountains with both the will and the way to release Gorath.

Orin and the rest must traverse the forests of the lor’nordalus to enter the Empty Lands. There, on a once-unknown western shore, history repeats, planting the seeds for events that will forever change Ganelon and the very Tapestry of Time.