A world at war… A country in upheaval … A dreaded family curse… Ten years ago, Greyson Lraksen fled his volatile homeland of North Aulvania for the Kurrith Empire. Starting afresh, Greyson pursues a new life and a new career with hopes of starting a family with the woman he loves. These hopes are dashed when he receives news from home. From North Aulvania. News that his father—a famous and beloved explorer—has suddenly died. North Aulvania. A country rifled with conflict. A country Greyson sought to escape. Now it beckons his return, and so do the many demons that plague his past… Toma Kaggervon always felt different. If not for her obvious mixed heritage and being raised in a society that sees her as a foreign oddity, she also knew it had to do with the voices she heard echoing in her head. Or her prodigious ability to perceive the world in ways no one else could begin to imagine. But when the only man who understood her the most perishes from a sudden illness, Toma is forced to face an unforgiving world, absent of truly knowing herself. Until one day, when a mysterious robed figure enters her life and opens a gateway to a world that expands her deepest imaginations. But also her deepest fears.