The magic is broken. Cam is trapped between the need to secure his throne, his commitment to support King Gareth as he resists a massive invasion, and the renewed threat from the magic he fought to protect. Nature itself is being torn apart as two rival magics wrestle for control. Underneath it all, something very old and very powerful rouses from its lethargy. It hunts for Cam—even as the magic called the Anarwyn grows ever more reckless in its efforts to neutralize him.

Cam must find a way to pacify the ancient magics before all of Anwyn is left uninhabitable. Maybe the best he can hope for is to salvage a future for humanity from the ashes of the present. Cam hopes it will only cost him his life, but he could be wrong.