Iounelle Wendralorn, the last elf in existence has been chasing The Two for thousands of years. At the building of the Great Pyramid in Egypt, she may have finally cornered them. Or have they finally cornered her? Hundreds of years later Mót, the leader of The Two, guides Iounelle to Athens, Greece to help him recover his partner from a deranged cult. But who will pay the greatest price? And lastly, Iounelle finds herself unable to abandon a human family in Syracuse as the Romans are about to attack, just as Mot and his mysterious partner arrive to sway the looming battle.