In Brigant, Princess Catherine prepares to marry a man she's never met, while her true love, Ambrose, faces the executioner's block. In Calidor, downtrodden servant March seeks revenge on the prince who betrayed his people. In Pitoria, Edyon stands at a crossroads : family and fortune, one way ; destruction, the other. And in the barren northern territories, Tash is facing her demons - literally. As the kingdoms' alliances shift and shatter, these five young people find their futures inextricably linked by a mysterious bottle of demon smoke, and by the unpredictable tides of war.
Who will rise, who will fall, and who will unlock the secrets of the smoke ?
