I plunged into the darkness … When I emerged, I was on the other side of death, in a life about which I understood nothing. I was Ruarth Windrider and I was human.the balance of power in the Isles of Glory is threatened by the growing strength of the Keeper Isles. the alien ghemphs are forced to take sides, ending generations of neutrality. And it seems that Ruarth Windrider’s difficulties have only just begun - Flame is not at all happy to see him, and Blaze Halfbreed has disappeared.Against this backdrop of upheaval, the selver-herder Gilfeather and the patriarch tor Ryder strive to find a way to destroy magic … all magic. they enlist a young tiderider to help them, but Elarn Jaydon has many secrets and divided loyalties. And in Kells, Anyara teron dreams of voyages of discovery …