All Anastasia Piliar Moneth wanted was to mourn the loss of her husband. But before Aatu is even laid to rest, the realms' greatest foes, the Shadows, infiltrate the royal city of Jacqueline, and Chaos threatens to overrun them all. The royal family and Anastasia's best friend, Joey, are taken captive by the Shadows and tortured for information. Anastasia and her ex-royal guard, William, are sent on a quest to find Queen Analie-Anastasia's grandmother who has been presumed dead for over ten years. And strange visions, of a vaguely familiar, sapphire-eyed sorcerer threatening to kill her, flash through Anastasia's mind every time she closes her eyes. But each of these pale in comparison to Anistes Droun, the ancient contingency plan that will raze the realms to the ground. It is up to Anastasia to find her grandmother before time runs out. But can she decode the decade-old clues Analie left behind? The closer she gets, the more she realizes that everything she thought she knew about her family, herself, and her premonitions is a lie. Maybe the Chaos doesn't come from the Shadows... ...maybe it comes from within.