Faer's quest to find her father takes her back home to Selanic, where she finds the villagers still harbour hatred and fear of her. But any dislike she has of digging up the past is nothing compared to the hostility of the white elves aboard the ship she has hired.

She discovers while she is there that her quest will take her back into the mountains of Kaltinar and the chance to renew her affair with the Blademaster, but then she must brave the horrors and terrors of Okra's Tower to obtain the next clue as to her father's whereabouts.

Given four senior students from the warrior school, she sets off to fulfil her wishes. However, not only will she have to battle fearsome creatures within the tower and other magical traps and dangers, but also cope with the wishes of one of the group to see her dead no matter what.