Hennelyn, the fourteen-year-old daughter of a soldier, has lived for two years in a fenced fort near a majestic mountain range, watching as her father, a general, tries to conquer the indigenous population.

Yes, Hennelyn did live there. Until she betrayed her own father and her adopted brother, Arcmas.

Now seen as traitors and outcasts, she and her good friend, fourteen-year-old Nik, are fleeing for their lives, guided by their new allies, the local Bunjis. Hennelyn fears the soldiers, but her greatest concern is Arcmas. Trained as a soldier at fifteen and chosen specifically for his special abilities, Hennelyn knows the brother she loves is now her worst enemy.

Will the Starkhons catch them? Or will Arcmas find them first? What will happen in that huge hulking ruin ? the Tower of the Deep?

Hennelyn, the fourteen-year-old daughter of a soldier, has lived for two years in a fenced fort near a majestic mountain range, watching as her father, a general, tries to conquer the indigenous population.

Yes, Hennelyn did live there. Until she betrayed her own father and her adopted brother, Arcmas.

Now seen as traitors and outcasts, she and her good friend, fourteen-year-old Nik, are fleeing for their lives, guided by their new allies, the local Bunjis. Hennelyn fears the soldiers, but her greatest concern is Arcmas. Trained as a soldier at fifteen and chosen specifically for his special abilities, Hennelyn knows the brother she loves is now her worst enemy.

Will the Starkhons catch them? Or will Arcmas find them first? What will happen in that huge hulking ruin ? the Tower of the Deep?

Hennelyn, the fourteen-year-old daughter of a soldier, has lived for two years in a fenced fort near a majestic mountain range, watching as her father, a general, tries to conquer the indigenous population.

Yes, Hennelyn did live there. Until she betrayed her own father and her adopted brother, Arcmas.

Now seen as traitors and outcasts, she and her good friend, fourteen-year-old Nik, are fleeing for their lives, guided by their new allies, the local Bunjis. Hennelyn fears the soldiers, but her greatest concern is Arcmas. Trained as a soldier at fifteen and chosen specifically for his special abilities, Hennelyn knows the brother she loves is now her worst enemy.

Will the Starkhons catch them? Or will Arcmas find them first? What will happen in that huge hulking ruin ? the Tower of the Deep?