The Unraveling has begun. The barriers that separate the Seven Realms are breaking, threatening to send Chaos rampaging through the universe, to the ruin of all.In the kingdom of Amaury the Council of Mages battles desperately to halt a rebel army bent on sacking the capital. But how do you stop an army led by the dead?In the west, Rovann, First of the Council and Maegwin, priestess of Sho-La, set out on a desperate quest to save the Seven Realms. But beset by enemies on all sides they're not sure who to trust - least of all each other.And in the centre of this web waits the Songmaker, a shadowy figure whose plans may hold the key to the salvation or destruction of creation itself.And so begins the second installment in this epic tale of darkness and redemption.