Fear. Panic. Love. War. Heartbreak. In the end the path is never painless. Eden Huntleigh and the Rebels have outplayed Cesar for now. However the hostile dictator of Empyrean has a few cards left up his sleeve, and when Cecily, the mystifying witch that seems to know how to defeat him once and for all, disappears, Eden is left with a difficult choice- her own life, or the lives of everyone she loves. Can Eden survive the flames once she's cast into the fire?