The Alliance is flourishing in Baram, between the human population and a race of supernatural warriors whose talent in controlling the elements of Nature has already enabled them to save All-Living once before. The dwindling Gaian clan now has a place to belong and a secure future.Newly elected as governor, the gaian lord, Luminor, Lord of Fire, sends out a search party, led by a promising young warrior, Xandor. This quest to find other lost members of their race, to offer them his protection, develops in unexpected ways, as Xandor also searches for his betrothed and his loyalty to duty comes under question. Meanwhile, Luminor senses a serious imbalance in Nature, a dark and ruthless challenge to his title, a powerful and artful enemy, that threatens All-Living and he must once more leave his home and family to take up the quest to deliver those in danger. Even more so than in his first quest, which resulted in the forging of the Alliance, Luminor must draw on all his own formidable talent to control the Fires, and the help of his loyal warriors, to thwart the insidious magic of his opponent and engage in an unprecedented battle to retain his birthright, save his people and settle the question of power once and for all.