A pounding knock in the dead of night jolts Rheyden and Rhiannon from their beds. It seems there is to be no rest for the weary Deliverers as Laban, the great wolf king, stands breathless on their doorstep. During a Hadein raid on Tiras, Romant, the Novikai leader, has been captured and taken prisoner at General Yurgon's fortress--the Iron Gate. A blood-stained and battered woman has only barely managed to escape the raid with her life--and is asking specifically for Rhiannon. Yurgon's army is growing as more men and creatures defect to the General's militia in continued search of The Two. Now, it is up to the Deliverers to stop the wave of terror enveloping the lands and rescue Romant from the pits of Yurgon's fortress nestled on the border of Vulcan Country and the Sands. But when a familiar face resurrects in the twins' lives, a catastrophic argument renders Rheyden unconscious--and missing. Two paths, one mission--but will they arrive together...?