As the storm clouds of war loom over the land, Khomar and Aya gather their forces in Dalmain. When a letter from Kintrye arrives calling upon their blood bonds, they are forced to set out for Jyantral, the capital of Jyrya. But the road is long and filled with peril. Betrayed and beset, they begin to understand the deviousness of their enemy. Meanwhile, Kintrye seeks to unmask a Tynesprys cell in Jyantral. All but abandoned by his fellow empaths,...