Things look grim for the Heroes of Bekkon.

Yoseph, presumed dead, fights for survival in the Vrenlends. At Tamhearn, Elyssa, Arath'orn, and Seviah race to save Ali'ana. Would-be-kings play politics even as vren swarm the Five Kingdoms. And an old enemy has made a terrible gamble, with the world’s fate at stake.

Surrounded by immediate threats, no one sees the continent hurtling toward destruction.