This isn’t about the end of the world. It’s not about love. It’s not even about life or death. This is about a man who is lost, who is searching for himself. To discover who he is, he must first understand who he was, and where he came from. But for an immortal that has been cursed by the gods, and outlawed by the Sylix empire, is finding his past truly going to bring him solace? Or simply more pain.

Phoenix has left his family, and is on a mission to rid the land of Demetrius' influence all by himself. The stone has taken him over almost completely, removing his conscience, and making him capable of horrible acts of violence, murder, and other atrocities. Can Ember, Lindani and Spedro save him before it's too late? Or will he cut a path across the land, leaving a trail of smoke and bodies in his wake?