Previously Marya learned the worlds were not all black and white and that race, whether made or born, does not determine the good or evil of a soul. Now she's setting out with David to find his beloved, one of the sisters taken from her so long ago. But are they too late? Nireleth herself believes that what she has become isn't worth saving. Is anything left of the carefree girl they once knew and loved? Or is her soul to shattered by what's been taken from her to survive?