The Midnight Wars had pitted brother and sister against each other, one loyal to a tyrannical emperor and the other fighting to bring about change and peace. After the battles had ceased over eight centuries in the past, a new pair of leaders rose to power, and the Empire of Zalyndrya enjoyed peace for hundreds of years. Within the Empire, families of Travelers roam the land, residing within its borders, but claiming loyalty to none but their own. When entire families are slaughtered in the dead of night, however, Lalasa and Lothan Konistav, the empress and emperor since the end of the wars,...