Caleb doesn't know what's waiting for him at Reed. He's thrown into a world of dreams and madness. They mean to destroy him. Not believing won't make his life less dangerous, though it may be the only way to keep his sanity. The gods have a plan, and they won't let Caleb ignore it. Caleb's hope is in Tomaq, sworn to protect the freshman, and the strange dreams that bleed into reality. But even his protectors can't stop Caleb's descent into madness. The world he knows is collapsing.