After leaving her home in pursuit of marauding Eloms, Avarielle Grayloft found allies in a grieving princess and a sorceress with a hidden agenda. As dark powers poisoned the land, the three fought their enemies, and each other, until faced with a foe they could not defeat. Betrayed, wounded, and fueled by vengeance, Avarielle escapes the fiery depths of a dangerous and deadly prison, only to find herself trapped in the savage Land of Darkness. But all is not what she was taught to believe, and as she discovers the truth behind the Eloms, she is forced to question everything she thought she knew. With her homeland on the verge of destruction, Avarielle has no choice but to forge an uneasy alliance with the leader of her enemies. But will the risk she takes save her people, or hasten their downfall?