In Book 2 of The Godswar trilogy, the Compact that separates mortal reality from the realm of the gods is weakening. The gods' chosen agents are scattered and vulnerable, and even as they begin to unravel the details of the evil god Hailidel's plans, his forces are already moving to strike. Clouds of war gather over the Rorean continent, and while the western nations dither, civil war spreads in Roron, and an invasion of barbarian kobalos has already begun in the east. Dannil Leyden, Robert Small, and Ahlen Corander must each fight their own battles in the war between the gods.