This time, his destiny will not be ignored.For five years, Ronny Dillon has denied the pain and the power that is his birthright - hiding away in the halls of academia far from Welch County, Georgia. But an urgent summons has arrived from his half-brother, and Ronny knows he must return to the ancestral mansion - where his past was erased, his dreams damaged ... and his future and life very nearly destroyed din mists of magic and illusion.For there awaits his destiny - a mystery of love and loss, a miracles of renewal ... and a terrifying challenge beyond any he has ever known.