The mysterious Unisayan are not sacred, worshipped or protected... They are hunted. Despite vowing never to complete her duty as Araman and lure a Unisayan to a Knight's sword, Raliena uses her healing powers to save the life of Kassen; a General who is to murder a creature Raliena fights to protect. This act of kindness unwittingly interrupts a dangerous man's ploy to stop an impending alliance between two tremulous kingdoms, but Raliena is mistaken when she thinks it is the throne he wishes to claim. A shadowy past rouses a new future for Fardonmeria and with a dusky past of his own, Dergen...