After two years of preparation, Brigga Lin finally reveals her astonishing discovery to the Council of Biomancery and is surprised by their reaction. Hope and Red chase Teltho Kan to the imperial capital of Stonepeak, where they are forced to rethink their plan.

The reunion with Red’s estranged family ends in disaster as Teltho Kan reveals someone from Hope’s past who as been made into a hideous new weapon to serve him. But that isn’t the only scheme the biomancer has in store.

Hope and Red receive help in their hunt for Teltho Kan from an unlikely source. And the trail leads to an even less likely destination.