A new danger...

The traitorous Hero Academy graduates have been defeated. The heroes have returned to the Academy to regroup. Bu there are still thousands of animaru out there, dark monsters whose aim is to end all life on Dizhelim.

What will Aeden and the others do now?

Fahtin Achaya's burgeoning seeress powers have given her visions of other dark dangers and of a place to where the heroes have to travel. The threat is unclear but one thing is certain: of all of the companions of the Malatirsay, the archer Tere Chizzit must go or the entire mission is doomed.

Meanwhile, Tere is feeling his age and the loss of his magical sight keenly. He wants to help but feels worthless. Never one to let his friends down, however, he agrees to search for the hidden menace of the visions.

He's got a bad feeling about this trip. Might it be his last?