Andra Illindrien Wants Nothing More Than To Go Home, To Enjoy A Break From Her Studies Of Music And Magic, And Leave The Vast City Of Tenaeth Behind For The Comforts Of Her Village. But She Soon Unwittingly Acquires A Gemstone Of Unimaginable Power, And Learns Of Terrible Truths. A Great Cosmic Cycle Is Coming To An End, And Ominous Signs Cast Shadows Over The Land. The Fate Of All Existence Is Unknown As The Fabric Of Reality Will Soon Be Undone And Draw Inward. In This Time Of Approaching Chaos, Someone Has Unleashed An Ancient Power In The North That Is Destroying The World Itself. And In The Vast Forest Of Cernwood, Hideous Winged Creatures Have Awakened From A Centuries-old Sleep, Craving Mortal Blood And Flesh. But The Land Spirit, The Embodiment Of All That Is, Will Not Willingly Fade Into Oblivion. Its Flamboyant Incarnation Gathers A Group Of Unlikely And Unwilling Protectors, Including Andra Herself. Together, They Might Be Able To Stop The Growing Darkness, But Time Is Slipping Away-- Provided By Publisher.