It has been a long year of drinking, and searching – but now Path Finder Esse thinks he's finally ready to lead another exploratory caravan out into the mysterious eastern desert in search of strange trinkets washed downstream of the River. While he's still devastated at losing his fiancé's parents on last year's expedition, Esse is determined this year will be different.

Welcome to The Last Circle. Join the elven caravans as they strive to outwit and outpace their rivals in a race into the ravishing desolation of the Desert of Redd – a place littered with otherworldly technological marvels, ancient vacant cities, and madness. Already, the caravan finds itself in peril. If the spring snow storms don't kill them, the intricate family relationships of the Winds might. All the while, Esse obsesses over redeeming himself, no matter the cost – even at the price of lost friendship and the unwitting release of powerful wards better left untouched.

What is personal redemption worth? That is what Esse is determined to find out in The Last Circle. What will it take to forgive himself? Can he truly allow himself to move forward in his life, or will he, like so many more powerful beings he's encountering, insist on allowing their own self-righteousness to consume them?