After a relatively long period of peace and prosperity, and the birth of the much desired Princess Madelyn, Araluen is faced with a new type of threat. Following the mysterius deaths of several children throughout the Kingdom, two unknown men make their appearences, both owners of powers far from imaginable, both claiming to speak the truth, both contradictory. Meanwhile, Halt and Alyss are in Toscana, in what they believed to be a diplomatic mission, only to find that it's much darker. On a race against time and much of what they believed to be the truth, our favorite Rangers must embark on another dangerous mission, unsure on who to trust and why their answer is linked to someone they believed had nothing to hide.