After being brutally wounded and left for dead, Felic m'Lans is nursed back to health by the blinded Queen Gwenay. He is consumed with the need to avenge the loss of his lover, Chessa, a captive of the savage Gamollian reavers. This task will place him face-to-face with certain death as he searches the far lands of Antillia, never losing hope that she is still alive. The fickle twists of destiny thrust him into the forefront of a war between nations, confronting and crossing swords with old enemies.