What are the cosmic forces that draw people together? Is it a karmic dance of yin and yang? Or, is it the yearning within each soul that longs to heal the ills of the past? When the Gathosian beauty, Iosobell, joins the order of Trinity Witches, her psychic skills astound her tutor, Sister Viobella. Four years later, mentors and peers alike assume that Iosobell will continue her studies on New Delphi and become a high priestess; however, she shocks everyone and accepts a modest position as a music teacher on the small, Headwater planet of Sutcay Tay. Elan is 15 years old when he first kneels before the Shardasko master, Kyron, and begs for acceptance into the Sutcay Tay School. Intrigued with the possibilities of mentoring a Human, Kyron accepts Elan as a neophyte. Now, Elan is 22 years old and prepared to undergo the final life-and-death test of a Shardasko warrior, the quarrying. When Elan and Iosobell meet, the skills of a warrior and the cunning of a witch will join forces in an attempt to alter the course of reality. The ramifications of their encounter are so enormous that even these two advanced beings cannot predict what the final outcome may be."