The second installment takes Bea and Cad through foreign lands as Kest and his creations attack villages for sources of Light. In his wake, they struggle to pick up the pieces and try to find information about the old gods who created the world as they knew it. They manage to encounter a god, Lorgon, who provides them with history they struggle to digest. Now they must decide what to do with the knowledge they’ve been given. Is Kest the villain he seems to be?