Yelianah is thinker and self-proclaimed "keeper of the peace" of a series of worlds populated by unique beings and cultures which are bound together by the Long Peace. Then it happens. An Orb holding a dark secret of the past, discovered by Yelianah, the one being with a true connection to this entity of Darkness, slashes through the atmosphere and threatens to disrupt all things found in its path. A love which has been a decade in the making is awakened. As Yelianah becomes one with Ciepher and begins to understand the secrets of her past, darkness and evil envelop the realm of Wisp. The body count rises and the dark entity begins its rule. Yelianah's conscience is torn between her adopted world and the rising love she thought she never would find. Forced to deal with the ultimate dilemma, she must find her inner strength to be the "keeper of the peace" once more and become the matriarch she is destined to be.—Brenda Jallits