A soul severed in two. A terrorist plot. Two children – together they comprise a power that might someday destroy the might of Stasis and bring down the Dark Lord. But the power of darkness is subtle and ever seeks to corrupt the two. Drawn together, they find themselves caught up in a kidnapping along with others and become hostages in a terrorist plot aimed at the heart of western society. There are wheels within wheels as people and events are manipulated like pawns on a chessboard – one in which the fate of all things hangs in the balance.