Brenna assumed everyone could modify an entire species, raise the dead, and speak with Deity because she's done all of those things and more.

Yet, even with all her power, she can't make Talon love her.

Talon has questions no one will answer. Like why he has to keep moving, what his father does for a living, and what really happened to his mother.

The answers he does receive aren't comforting.

Odd things have started to happen - the ship he is on sinks, a woman from legend rises from the sea, and he has to keep a secret he never wanted to know. Everywhere he goes, danger tracks him, from the Ammon Islands to the far western shore of Utak.

They are worlds apart, but one step closer to powering the Chest of Souls.