The witching winter is gaining strength. The shadows of the past are taking shape and getting closer. More alive. And scarier. Ancient storerooms filled with dark power are being uncovered. People appear whose goal is to return the Forgotten. The Heart, the central city of the Middle Plain, is destroyed on the first day of winter. The world calls upon the sleepless to buy time for its helpers. Taking advantage of the situation, Verna studies the remains of the Heart and finds evidence of the existence of a third force—one that once stopped the Forgotten and gave the world time to gather its strength: time of silence. And this power is ready to return, following the Forgotten. Book Two of the cycle.