Sarya dyr-Rusac has risen from her destitute childhood to become a respected arranger of musical magic rituals - until a wedding ritual she wrote results in tragedy. In exile for her failure, she hears powerful new music in the wind, heralding natural disasters like none ever before known. In hopes of learning what this strange new power is and finding a way to end the disasters, she returns to the musical service she left in disgrace. There, she confronts the mistakes she made in the past and resumes her complicated relationship with the gloriously talented singer Adan Muari. Sarya believes that she and the wealthy, privileged Adan can have no place in each other's lives. But, facing official resistance to her research and threatened by someone who is desperate to protect the secret of the mysterious music, she finds herself relying on Adan's unwavering support - and increasingly unable to fight her attraction to him. As the disasters worsen, a beautiful, nameless man in chains appears in Sarya's dreams, begging her to sing the music she heard in the wind: the music that will free him. He could be a god with the power to save the world from destruction, or a threat to everything she knows and loves. With time running out, Sarya risks all, including her growing bond with Adan, to discover the chained man's identity and the meaning of his song before the world itself is torn apart. Dark romantic fantasy for adults and older teens.