Darjoon was kicked out of his homeland and has survived attacks from the vicious Dremrel, Spidralite assassins and even from a sentient forest. Meeting an enigmatic woman, they survived the Dragon's Breath and crossed the great Plains. Travelling through the infamous Desert of Thoth, he's met gypsies and desert tribesmen and finally encountered the awful lizard-people. Now he is lost deep inside himself, chased there by their cruel magic and marooned inside in a world created to help him survive. What happens when he finally wakes up? Will he remember his quest and ultimate destiny? A tribal Great Healer must try and unlock that puzzle, at no small cost to herself and her tribe. That they recognize his destiny doesn't mean they can tolerate his strange and wild magic. The tribe must decide if they let his warrior friend live or set him loose in the desert to die. In the end, only one man has the power to free him from the prison inside. But even then, the young mage's desire for revenge might prove to be his own undoing. Letting go was always going to be hard but he has a destiny to fulfil.