One of the trusted Guardians of Ilythia has turned renegade and now their whole world is in upheaval. Though Sara, the key to his plans, has escaped, the mage's victory still seems certain. She can surely be no match for the impressive array of forces he has tasked with her recapture. And she is alone, friendless, in an alien world with nowhere to go and nowhere to hide. Is Sara's fading dream of a return to her own world no longer any more than just that — a lost and impossible hope? Or did they get more than they bargained for when they chose her to be their innocent victim?