A land without a leader, a sky without a sun, a people without hope, and a certain elven priestess girl-who-is-actually-a-man still without a means to escape the virtual online game known as Dreambound. With a fat bounty of a hundred gold on his head, Jesse now finds himself on the run, fleeing Han Tol for nearby Terland. But not all is happiness and rainbows in this ancient and proud human nation. In fact, nothing is. With a reclusive ruler, growing minority unrest, and worst of all, a terrible plague that, upon its victims' death, turns them into soulless, mindless monsters, Terland may be the proverbial fire after the frying pan. But all the while, a small glimmer of hope sparkles in the distance, hope for the player trapped in the game, hope that just maybe will ultimately lead to a way out, a way back to the real world. The question is: will he survive long enough to see it?