Olam, Arms Chief of Far, leads a small company to the ruins of ancient Valsheba on the west coast of Sapphrea. He believes that Seola, a mage from the Dark Realm who has sworn to kill Tika in revenge for the death of her brother Cyrek, is hidden somewhere in that area. Tika knows nothing of this expedition - she is still recovering from the battles of the previous year. Somehow, time fluctuates. Olam and some of his company are hurled back in time to the period when Valsheba was thriving. It is also close to the time when Valsheba was utterly destroyed. The crimson Dragon Brin and his young daughter, Skay, are thrown back through time with Olam. Will they find a way to travel forward to their own time again before Valsheba becomes rubble and dust?