With Nuko woken, a foe from their past out to murder them, and the King on the verge of war, it seems as though the situation can't get any more serious. In this exciting final book of the BloodRunes Trilogy, only by working together can Gryffon, Layna, and Katya stop this evil before it takes hold...otherwise the cleansing fires which created their world may also bring about its destruction...

Layna and the mages work tirelessly to find a way to break the Forgotten's curse. The dome around the city has bought them some time; the curse won’t immediately affect the people, and the lack of visible symptoms is so far keeping the inhabitants calm. However, the people will eventually become restless at being detained for no obvious reason, and their patience will become their time limit.

Bricrui is a race against time. Layna doesn’t know why the tribe kidnapped the Princess, but unless she figures it out before Katya succeeds in the mission the tribe has blackmailed her into doing, the fate of Gelendan is at stake. Furthermore, when a horribly disfigured creature is brought to her attention, it becomes clear that Telvani’s dabbling in blood-magic has led to disastrous results.

As Layna and Gryffon desperately attempt to persuade the Treymayne council of the impending threat of King Nathair's use of blood-magic and the warning signs of Nuko's awakening, their attention is suddenly diverted to an issue much more personal. As the situation intensifies, Gryffon finds he must abandon his efforts to fight for something he values even more than his country...Layna's life.

Magic has dwindled down since the Massacre of the Dark King's reign. His gruesome use of blood-magic spurring those in the rebellion that overthrew him to burn all the knowledge. Now, hundreds of years later, with this dark past all but forgotten, Layna is a simple maid. Soon, however, she'll come to realize that nothing is as simple as it seems...