Having crossed the wide expanse of Lake Myre the Pathfinders at last find themselves shipwrecked on its eastern shore.Anabel's return to Jarro at the head of the Free Slave Army has turned the tide of the war in favour of the western kingdom. Megan has fallen into the hands of the cannibal witch Silvene. Imprisoned in the witch's tower, she awaits her fate with growing trepidation. Ben Preem stands ready for the next phase of the war. Kan-Ta has been saved but The Horde are still a dangerous foe. For the first time in many years the Jarrian army is on the offensive. Now all that he needs to do is find out where the enemy has gone, and destroy them.

"Like the shepherd upon his mountain rock, the Gatekeeper stands and guards the lock. " Anon.