Cemagna has been asleep for two hundred years. Now, in a cave deep in the mountains, she is waking up.
Far away, a young girl lives in poverty, possessing a secret even she herself doesn't know about.
An old enemy has plans for Temet and Cemagna.
And the world around them has has changed. The Wizardly Order is gone, but new laws have taken its place. Magic is punishable by death--forbidden by law of a shadowy ruler known only as the Imperator.
Too soon, Cemagna and Temet find themselves on the run...