Having left everything she knows in the burning of Corvain, the former assassin now known as Dae Devos travels across the sea with her ragtag group of companions. The Serra Isles await, but the journey is fraught with peril. If the unknown dangers of the vast seas don't kill her, the growing uncertainity of her place among the Islanders might. In Dae's dreams, Lenos has finally grown quiet. But the wolf-god hunts, waiting for a moment to strike. When old enemies appear on Isles, Dae must make a choice: to let Lenos claim her or to die at the hands of her past.