Three armies are approaching New Prentisstown, each intending to destroy the other two. How to stop the bloodshed? How not to lose hope for peace when the enemy has such a numerical advantage? If war really turns people into monsters, what terrible decisions will it push the main characters to? And then a third voice is connected to the story - a voice distorted by a thirst for revenge. In the final book of the trilogy, Todd and Viola find themselves between three lights, with no chance of salvation.