After terrible atrocities by both sides, the religious war between Tierra and Uraba has spread and intensified, irreparably dividing the known world. Now that the Uraban leader, Soldan-Shah Omra, has captured the ruined city of Ishalem, his construction teams discover a priceless ancient map in an underground vault that sends the Soldan-Shah's adoptive son on a quest to find the Key to Creation. Meanwhile, in Tierra, Captain Criston Vora has built a grand new vessel, and sets out to explore the great unknown and find the fabled land of Terravitae. And his wife Adrea is now the wife of the Soldan-Shah and mother of his adopted son. Read