All Derora Saxen ever wanted was to be a warrior. Now, she is on her way to join the finest warriors in the world, the Silver Dawn Dragoons. But before she can begin her training as a Dragoon Knight, she has a slight problem to deal with... Thomas Delauncey knows better than mix it up in other people's affairs. That's always trouble. To do so, he must seek an ancient talisman, and he needs help to recover it. So he kidnaps a young woman. A young woman who claims she was on her way to be a knight, and who actually expects him to believe she fought in the war against the chemmen. A young woman he soon wishes he had never set eyes on. Meanwhile, even as they hunt for their friend, Kelin, Jakkobb and Thistle find themselves caught by the rising tides of a war between two rival kingdoms. But is this war really about a river changing course on the boundary? Or is something more sinister at work? Now, in the second volume of the All Things Impossible Series, Der and Tom must find a way to tame a powerful talisman, prevent a war, and save a girl's life. More importantly, they must find a way to do it without killing each other in the process...