After awakening the 'Waiting King' ... the one destined to free her country from the long occupation of hte Han... Maura Woodbury thinks her duty to her county completed. But Maura's task has only just begun. Rath, once a notorious outlaw, has no magic and thus no power to expel the invaders from their kingdom. Yet the people expect a miracle. And so Maura, still new to using life-magic, is their only hope.