The Union is threatened by an unforeseen danger which threatens the very Elckiseethi themselves. Their Consequential Flow mappings offer no consolation - there appears to be no good outcomes from the action they must take. But in searching for the unknown they discover more of their past - in the shadowy life of the Elkiseethi all things can become.

The war with France and Napoleon is over. Alistair Ponsonby has returned home to his native country, a land he'd left ten years before. A self confessed horse dealer to the army, although he never specified which army, he'd spent his time in the Peninsular and France. Unexpectedly he recieved a message, summoning him back to France as quickly as possible. The message bore the seal of the Bishop of Toulouse. Without delay he made preparations to travel back into France, a country still in chaos. Joshua Marshall was a convicted thief who was sentenced to transportation seven years before. He...