What you seek lies in darkness. An island not traversed by the weak. Tread carefully, lest you lose yourself in the journey. Izandüre is where she belongs. Or, so Fura's been told. Yet, three months into her journey she still feels like an imposter. The fabled Sect of Seven of her youth have been proven to be real, but none of the tales detailed the darkness of this realm. In the wake of deceptive feasts with Fae royalty, run-ins with strange beasts, and failing miserably in a school of magic, Fura is exhausted, and no closer to answers. The Shadowlord is still at large, and her father still housed in his dungeons. At her wit's end, she follows her traveling companion, Kiyani, when he takes off in the midst of the night, refusing to be left behind. Led to a morbid, skull-shaped island in the middle of the Persaius ocean, Fura is about to discover just how deep the shadows of this land can run. Skeltonshire awaits...