"Few are ready to face their fate when it comes suddenly upon them. One simply does one's best..."

In this fourth installment of the Simon Fayter epic, our favorite overconfident boy genius delves deeper into the realms of magic and adventure than ever before, uncovers old secrets, and faces new fears and new threats. His adventure will take him to places he has never before imagined, and back to the beginning—to places he wished never to see again.

Reeling from the destruction of Tarinea, Simon is now stranded on a mysterious snow-covered moon to which the Turncoat has brought him for reasons unknown. Failure lies behind, and uncertainty lies ahead, but he is determined to persevere. He has but one bloodstone left to find, and then the tricky part: retrieving the two that Rone has stolen. With all fifty in hand, he must unite them before time runs out. Only then will he foil the evil plans of his greatest enemy, fulfill his destiny, and finally learn what it means to be the Fayter...