Caelin is Queen. The nation has settled into peace in the year since her coronation-until a masked intruder tries to take Alain captive and Alain's powerful magic backfires. Two things quickly become clear: the abundant power at Alain's disposal is not natural, and it is barely under his control. To ward off war and to save Alain's life, they take off on one more mad dash across the island to try to reconstruct what the Legion wreaked on him-before he's lost to them for good.