The army is gathered. Danica is alive but a dear friend has been lost. No time to mourn, it was time to act.
Mouse is dafely on his way back to the city. Or so Danica thinks. Mouse puts his plan into action and executes his own incursion behinds the lines of the Beasts.
On a snowy night, high in the mountain pass, Danica and Mouse put their plans into motion.
Danica settles into her command role but keenly feels the cost. A daring raid behind enemy lines opens the conflict and the people of the southern lands battle the Beasts with Danica out in front.
The war exhibits the brutality she had expected but there is more. Healing and redemption are possible. But first, the Sorcerer Marak, and the Beast Overlord, Gannis, have to be defeated.
Mouse follows Danica and sets off into the wilderness after Asira.
He makes a breakthrough in his talents and finds his power growing beyiond anything he imgained.
The power behind the Beasts is uncovered.
Thwarted at every turn, the cornered sorcerer gets more and more dangerous!