After approximately eighteen months at the Basgaith military academy, Violet Sorrengail realizes that the time for lessons is over. The time for doubt is over. Because the war has begun, enemies are dangerously approaching outside the walls, infiltrating among their ranks, and Violet does not know whom she can trust. Now she must travel beyond Arisia seeking allies in hostile lands to stand by Navar's side. The journey will test every ounce of her spirit, luck, and strength, but she will go to the end to save what she loves – her dragons, her family, her home, him. Even if she has to keep a secret so dire, it could destroy everything. They need an army. They need strength. They need magic. And they also need something that only Violet can discover – the truth. But a storm is coming… and not everyone can survive its wrath.