It's been four years since the battle for Ocrisia, and Zania Corthinn has become accustomed to peace. But that peace is shattered when Zania's husband Kahri and her friends Lune and Risch disappear. For Zania now finds herself tormented by dark visions, and in seeking their meaning she will encounter an old enemy and a terrifying new evil. Not only are the lives of Zania, her friends and her unborn child at stake -- but the fate of her whole world as well.