"You will marry Tahm and be alright with it, my dear "
Elidana, a farmgirl in the village of Val-K'thor, is resigned to her engagement to the local cobbler's son. But the game in the forest is disappearing and hard times are befalling the village. When a mysterious figure appears one day in her family's field and asks her to deliver a message to the town councilwoman, Elidana falls in love with the man, leaving the town to discover she is of angelic origin. "...his eyes - they were the most startling thing about the man. They were a kaleidoscope of ever-changing colors: one moment, the irises were a deep turquoise, the next a pale violet reminiscent of a sunset over the sea, then the obsidian-black of the bottom of a well at midnight." Outside Val-K'thor, nothing is as it seems, with new forces pulling the young woman in every direction. Will Elidana's newfound abilities and determination be enough to stop Hashuk, the necromancer threatening the peace of Val-K'thor and Greater Earth? "The question isn't why I have returned to Greater Earth...rather, it's why have I been away for so long." Can she trust her newfound lover, or does he have other plans for her? Will Elidana find the strength she needs to save everyone and everything she knows and holds dear?