With the help of her friends, Riane, the prophesied redeemer known as the Dar Sala-at, saved their world from annihilation, preserving native Kundalans and V'ornn invaders alike. Together, they avenged terrible crimes and secured the Ring of Five Dragons, but their struggles have only just begun.

The Ring averted doomsday, yet it did not open the magical Storehouse Door as expected. It remains sealed because of the spell cast by Giyan and her sister to migrate Annon Ashera's male V'ornn spirit into Riane's dying female Kundalan body. By combining them into a single being, it saved them both and fulfilled the prophecy that the Dar Sala-at would be "born at both ends of the cosmos." But the spell also breached the Abyss, releasing daemons imprisoned there by the Goddess Miina aeons ago who could wreak havoc on Kundala.

Now the fiends must be vanquished, not only so the quest for the Pearl can continue, but to save Giyan, who has been possessed by the archdaemon Horolaggia. Their only hope is the fabled Veil of A Thousand Tears.