Thorne never imagined that going home would be part of the quest ... In this sixth book of the Thorne's Quest sequence, Yldenthorne nu Anathiel, known by all simply as Thorne, travels north with her sworn Companions to avert a foreSeen but unknown disaster at her home keep. Escaping from the Sacred City seems like an insurmountable challenge, and the journey north is fraught with danger and echoes of a long-dead Enemy. Worse, Thorne's step-father Hengst will be waiting at the Keep. Does Thorne have the courage to face the man who spent twelve years trying to break her? Will his sons, the step-brothers who made her childhood a misery, accept the High King's will, delivered to them by their obnoxious little sister?