ELIANNA is dying. Her power is fading and she is running out of time. Elianna comes face to face with the Emperor who wants her dead, jeopardising her quest to reunite the Elder Stone Guardians before the Raven King strikes again. LUTHANDO, the Emperor's son, must choose between his duty to his father and his love for Elianna, whose true identity could bring the Empire to its knees. Meanwhile, her grandfather, BEODAW, confronts his shady past and a deadly enemy intent on destroying him and all he holds dear. Across the North Sea, BRIONNA, the girl with nothing to hope for, holds more in her hand than she realises when the island Kingdom of Methilius endures its darkest hour at the hands of the Elder Stone Guardians. www.akgallagher.com