Casek's small group of Binders are faced with a critical delve into the Shadow infested ruins of Pyry in search of their final lost comrade, or leave him behind in order to get Casek safely within the walls of Oreia. To do one is to leave family to a fate worse than death, to do the other is to put humanity's only chance of defeating the Shadow at risk.What none of them know is that the game has changed. The Shadow has seen Casek wield the only power that might turn the tide of the War, and now they gather their forces to deliver the killing blow to what's left of humanity.Humanity's existence lay balanced on a knife edge and for better or worse, the choices made by Casek and company here will irrevocably decide the fate of all humankind.