(from the back of the book) The visit of the lovely feast of Rahja could have been so relaxing for the heroes, if there wasn't the news that one of their friends has disappeared - in the heart of the civilized Horas kingdom. The heroes suspect an horasian intrigue, but when they go to get to it, they become embroiled in events that are rooted in the distant past - the wizard wars - and yet still they can fundamentally change the present.