When a dark stranger, haunting and mysterious, approaches the flame-haired girl, she senses that her life at the Healer's Academy is about to change. As his hands reach for her, Bronwen, alone and uncertain, begins to remember. With her memory of the High Lord returned, she wonders why she was chosen and fears what his presence will mean. Before he turns to leave, she asks what he seeks. "Rexaria," he whispers, low and howling, louder than the tumbling waves and the screaming gulls. Beneath a sparkling sliver of moonlight, Bronwen understands. In the language of the Ancients, he has named her Kingmaker. The once-orphaned girl from Eirrannia will be a healer no more. Now, the path she walks will be a god-touched one.