The final battle has begun. The enemy is at the gates of Qarath. But the city's two chief defenders are gone, trapped in the Pente Akka by the fell creature that rules the shadow world. Will they be able to escape before their life energy is drained and used to shred the veil that protects the world from the abyss? With the doom of the world at hand, Netra must travel into the shattered prison in hopes of finding the key to defeating their immortal enemy. But when she gets there she realizes they've all been betrayed. Only a desperate last gamble has any chance of success.