Tarva as a world power is untouchable, the land has been wound tight with tension as rebel groups form, war, and then disband. Twenty years have passed since the events of Eternity's life, and the people are still waiting for the freedom that he promised. Yet changes have begun that will transform the landscape of power forever. Storms break over the weak and mighty alike and clouds are beginning to form over the tyrants of Garatin. When the home they love is destroyed, Fa and Rave are thrust into a world that seems bent on chaos and doomed to ruin. Bound to their fate by forces unknown, the children of Desti and Treas set out on a journey fraught with peril. While some believe their actions will bring hope for a land condemned, Fa fears that the completion of the quest will only bring death and ashes.