The second novel in the Circle series brings you back to Aorea, where science and magic intermingle, and the line between reality and dream disappears. An unknown shadow brews in the West, clouded from the Spinner's sight. Laria calls the Destined back to Aorea to find and face the darkness she cannot see. Join Mari, Gren, Ruv, and their newest friends as they hunt the source of the mysterious shadow across inhospitable lands, where no one has tread for eons...or at least, so they think. As they unearth Aorea's oldest, most well-kept secrets, they cannot help but wonder if some truths are better left forgotten.