When a cryptic message summons the team to a rendezvous in a lawless seaport, Kado knows this is no ordinary mission. What scant details he has reveal that not even the Wardens are safe from what’s coming. But upon arrival, he discovers their mission is more dangerous than he had ever imagined: escort a traumatized young Aspect across a vast and hostile ocean, a girl whose dreams can warp the very fabric of the Weaving.

Pursued by ruthless sea raiders and the Scorched Queen’s deadliest agents, Kado must protect the Aspect from the White Reaper, the dark sorceress he once loved. Yet as the young girl’s abilities grow increasingly unstable, Kado struggles to teach her to control powers he barely understands.

Can Kado save the child before her nightmares destroy them all?