Going underground to escape Cyraria’s harsh climate brings more than a few surprises, besides the hospitality of an indigenous race known as the bnolar. The caverns feel strangely like home, but shortly after their arrival, prophetic visions in the form of veridical dreams alert them to upcoming danger. Incarcerated in a territorial prison, Laren Brightstar is about to receive and refuse his final offer to support Troy's despotic aspirations, after which he’ll be exiled permanently to a place from which there is no return. Will Dirck and Win’s rescue succeed?