After Cirilla declines the throne, the emperor of Nilfgaard is left without someone suitable to take his place. Nobles start to produce lies and intrigues while the countryside falls into riots and the uprise of a revolution grows. As a noble fallen from grace, you couldn't care less about these problems. But the emperor needs an ally. And you desire nothing more than to rebuild your fathers legacy.

Auri of Fayrlund was sent to the continent as a child to learn how to control the chaos that killed her mother. She went through gruelling training at Aretuza and was finally ready to take on the world as a courtmage in Aedirn when Nilfgaard attacked Sodden. She fought for her life and escaped by sheer luck. Now she hunts down Nilfgaardians for sport, trying to make her way back to Skellige, to finally come home and reunite with her father. Cahir is sent to kill the rogue mage by order of the Emperor. He has one job. Kill Auri and bring her head to Cintra. In a twist of fate she finds him first. He finds himself getting closer to her than he would like, as he battles with his fracturing conscience Auri is piecing things together. Woe betide him when she finds out..