After years of struggle and heartbreak, Isadora Sinclair straps firm walls around her heart. She can endure no more. When a mystery illness falls on the Central Network, she stops using the paths and falls to work. Ambassador Maximillion has his hands full. Not only are witches dying left and right, but Network leaders are hiding in fear. Saving the Central Network is up to him, a Potionmaker named Toni, and his adopted son Ean. Can he keep himself healthy to save his witches? In the end, there's one duo that can slip into the Western Network, find the plants needed to create more of the cure, and avoid war. Sanna and Luteis take off for the dry sands, destined to find historical ties Sanna has never forgotten.