Meira just wants her people to be safe. It has been three months since the Winterians were freed and Spring's king, Angra, disappeared-thanks largely to the help of Cordell. When Cordellan debt forces the Winterians to dig their mines for payment, they unearth something powerful and possibly dangerous: Primoria's lost chasm of magic. While Theron sees this find as an opportunity-if every citizen has magic, the world can finally stand against threats like Angra-Meira fears the danger the chasm poses to her people-the last time the world had access to this much magic, it spawned the Decay. So when the king of Cordell orders Theron and Meira on a mission across the kingdoms of Primoria to discover the chasm's secrets, Meira plans on using the trip to garner support to keep the chasm shut and Winter safe-even if it means clashing with Theron. But can she do so without endangering the people she loves? Mather just wants to be free. The horrors inflicted on the Winterians hang fresh and raw in January-leaving Winter vulnerable to Cordell's growing oppression, which Mather refuses to ignore. And when Meira leaves to search the world for allies, he takes Winter's security into his own hands. Can he re-build his broken Kingdom and protect them from total occupation? As the web of power and deception weaves tighter, Theron fights for magic, Mather fights for freedom-and Meira starts to wonder if she should be fighting not just for Winter, but for the world.