Brier Chastain's powers have already destroyed two cities. With every use, she finds it a little harder to keep them from overpowering her. Palmer, her cosmic counterbalance, is growing weaker, and she has no one else to help. Plagued with half-formed visions and other useless abilities, Palmer Tash only wants to be normal. He prefers suppressing his powers to using them, but with Brier struggling, he no longer has a choice. Unfortunately, with the only man able to train him dying, Palmer's chance to strengthen his abilities may be gone. With their allies falling, a monstrous army approaching, and prophesies of a gods' war circling, Palmer and Brier must work out their power problems. If they can't, they may end up destroying themselves before anyone else has the chance.