In the second book of the Chronicles of Aten, sixteen-year-old Jodi returns to the perilous, mysterious world of Aten, where a lot has changed. Caden, the young clan leader she loves has disappeared. Is he being held hostage by an evil being who wants to lure Jodi into his trap? The once impregnable fortress of the mysterious Nera women has been breached, so Jodi may not be safe there anymore. And her best friend Neil, whose dream plummeted her into Aten in the first place, could be her betrayer. A blind fortune teller sees Jodi needing to make a terrible choice?she can follow either the dark or the light. One will lead to disaster, but which one? Everyone on Aten seems to have their own dark agenda, so whom can she trust? In a magical and danger-filled world, Jodi must make her own decisions, fight her own battles, face up to her fears, and defend Aten and its people. Will her own self-doubts and Aten's corrupted magic stop her?