Everything has changed. Annissa, now of the Clans and carrying a heavy burden of power, knows that the world is not as her entire land has been told all their lives, and she must bear this knowledge back home to end the war that is destroying the world bit by bit. But she must do it alone, for though her friends back home are gathering an army for her, she's lost Ardeth to Air and she's the only one who can face the Dark--if she can convince Glorisa, the other half of her soul, to do it with her. In a world torn by the clash of Light and Dark, where ancient powers alter the lives of mortals and gods alike, can she do what needs to be done to save the world? And will she save it by fixing it--or will she, too, change it utterly?