As promised in Daughter of Air and Storm, Book I of the Dark Moon Trilogy, the past has come looking for warrior-trained giantess Brauna Brandon. Guardsmen have invaded her small village and kidnapped her daughter. A demon bear stalks her and her family. Her husband is missing and likely dead. And trees seem to be communicating with her. With the help of Theya, a woman with a fractured soul, Brauna trails the Guardsmen who kidnapped her daughter while also hunting the bear. Along the way, she discovers the peculiar skills of her dark-moon heritage, that the bear is more than he seems, that enemies sometimes wear the guise of allies, and the dead don't always move on.