An inn burns to the ground. Muriel Stormborn is found at the scene, beaten, partially burned, and completely unwilling to discuss what happened. When she escapes from the Hall of Trials, Blake must search out the secret society of Druids, the people who destroyed his country ten years before. When Blake finds another secret sect, he becomes enmeshed in a game where he doesn't know the rules or see the other players.

Blake must find which conspiracy is the real threat before chaos is unleashed onto the world again.