The elf Rhona fleeing her past hears a voice calling her in the deep woods. Taking up an urgent quest from creatures born in an age of myth, she must rely on her wits and skills to survive the task. Bringing the Scholar Anya to her aid, Rhona finds herself fighting against evils older than her kind and the malice of humans around her. The stakes grow increasingly perilous the closer she gets to her rendezvous with the Blade of Everthirst. What will she surrender to save the world? Her music? Her life? Her heart?