Anna, a young woman trying to find her place in the world when her mother is kidnapped and her city attacked; Elaine, the Chancellor of Aldeon who has always been strong and self-assured but harbors pain from unimaginable loss and betrayal; Tony, the son of a madman whose only compass in life is his hatred of the people who murdered his mother.
Each stand on different sides of a conflict that has been ongoing beneath the surface of the world’s day-to-day life ever since World War III. A centuries-long chess game between chaos and peace. The end-game is approaching and it is time for sides to be chosen and secrets to be revealed. The fate of the world is balanced on the shoulders of those sworn from childhood to protect it and those still ignorant of the threats unfolding around them.
Do the needs of the world outweigh the sanity of the individual? Does the pain of one person really mean so much in the face of the security of all? What happens to a person when they are pressed between the needs of the world and their own needs? And most importantly, in whose hands will the fate of the world lie?