The Sijians are forced back to Kidej by an unseen enemy from the depths below. Siric rises to the challenge, only to find that he wields a power unseen for a century. And that he is not alone. Milaar finds himself having to bargain for his life with those that he despises most. The demon Zon'Iya Lustia finds the wizard on her doorstep, but a price will be paid if he is to walk free. Elik'Taye fights for his master, Nifel, only to find himself imprisoned by a man whose soul challenges the planes themselves; an imprisonment that just may set him free. Rumsheh rises and King Orgush will not be outdone by his success. War brews in the northwest as he marches his Gilgamesh tribes to war in numbers not seen for eons. A dwarven enemy, long in their hatred for his denizens, stands in his way. Jobir continues to grow, finding his way in this life on Caede as war rages across the land. A war, he will soon find out, that is not forgiving.