After the terrible betrayal from Annalise, the girl he loved, the powerful witch Nathan Brynn feels like he is losing his mind. He and the Alliance are no closer to defeating the tyrannical Council of White Witches in England, and he still has not gotten revenge on Annalise. Gabriel, his closest companion, urges Nathan to run away with him and start a new life away from magic, but Nathan's visions keep him in the action, and who he has become is a warrior who cannot walk away until the task is done.