Old magic stirs against a broken world.
Centuries ago, Julian the Sorcerer broke the spine of the Mauran Empire. The empire's death throes cast him into exile, but he has returned to Mauran soil, and the legends that stood against him before have been wiped away. In the midst of Julian's quiet rise, a woman made anonymous by her brother's shadow and her father's fear is at last presented with the opportunity to find her own identity. She cannot help but leap.
Thus begins the battle for the soul of Elizabeth Bel'lator—a battle whose outcome she alone can decide.