Award-winning author Catherine Asaro continues to explore her Shape Mage world, introduced in "CHARMED DESTINIES. The story follows the lives of two potential shape mages, Chime and Muller, both introduced in the prequel. Set free to choose their own destiny because they are "flawed" shape mages, no longer in line to rule Aronsdale, Chime and Muller find themselves lost and without direction. Flawed or not, they are still two of the strongest mages in the land. Enlisted to investigate a disturbance in a distant part of the kingdom, the two imperfect mages are thrown together on a quest across the land and are forced to rely on one another's strengths against an unknown dark force.