Myril doesn't need prophecy to see that her world is going to end - the city is sinking before her eyes. Foreign ships fill Anamat harbor, bringing traders bent on pillaging the city's treasures - with help from the governor - as its people flee to hostile lands. Myril's guildmaster calls on her to help save the Chronicles of Anamat from the pillagers. Meanwhile, her old friend Darna needs healing, Iola wants to go to her death in the dragons' realm, and the Defenders are airing their secrets at just the wrong time. How will any of them survive when the waters rise again?