When Ayre escapes Xryphen she returns to the Circle with a vengeance, and a point to prove. Surviving the continents most dangerous prison isn't common, but escaping is unheard of. She returns to a world that has changed. Three months stripped the illusion of safety from citizens of Solare, and a hysteria that Ayre doesn't recognize ripples through the city. Whispers of a greater threat are traveling like wildfire and Ayre soon learns she far more wrapped up in it than she realized.