Overwhelmed by injury and burdened by the horrors they experienced, the survivors do the only thing the can: flee.
Tamora and the Fifth Sentinella trek east, searching for reinforcements to help them take down the monstrous foes they intend to destroy. In the wilds, they discover that the High Council has not been idly standing by and must choose between their loyalty to the Coalition or to the people of Tunsealior.
Lark, now leading his family south, seeks safe harbor for those closest to him. Ambushed by horrors both familiar and unnatural, he is forced to reckon with his fate. Will he step up to become the man he thought he was, or will he fall to darkness?
Evil rises in the ruins of Erengate, and Tunsealior is not prepared.
