‘There is a darkness coming.’ Two worlds in two universes are on the brink of destruction. Both will burn. Connecting them and their shared fate is a linked past, a magical thread of light, and a tear in the fabric of space. Is there anyone out there able to prevent eternal darkness? Valaris is threatened by the dara-witch Infinity and beyond Ardosia a Darak Or watches for the perfect opportunity to annihilate a world and its people. When Taranis of the Guardians is summoned to witness what will happen to Valaris should Ardosia fail, he understands the Guardians will need a sorcerer of extraordinary power to save it. Rain travels to Farinwood to find the magician Aven. He isn't prepared for what he actually finds. The Maghdim Medaillon, the magical disc that creates a thread of light between two realms. Rain dreams of a little girl from another world crying for help and cannot fathom how that is likely, until he meets the Guardians in the Great Forest of Valaris. When they reveal the presence of a rift, Rain understands he is being gathered to fulfil his destiny...