Having escaped from Ravka, Alina and Mal get to the shores of a foreign country. They hope to start a new life in the far reaches, where no one knows them, but it is not so easy to keep the incognito caster of the Sun... The shadow of a sinister corsair haunts Alina. The darkness thickens. The girl cannot hide from either her past or fate: she will have to accept her challenge. She risks losing everything in the coming storm. Only love can set her on the right path.