In an isolated land where the lure of the "Moontide" leads to shipwrecks, a woman is torn between obeying her father or her king. Struggling under the curse of a dead comrade, Clirando, a warrior priestess unready to face the powers trapped within her, must face "The Heart of the Moon" to reveal what has been hidden. In "Banshee Cries," ritual murders under a full moon lead Jo Walker to confront a Harbinger of Death.