I am Wulfgar, Lord of Two Horsetails, warrior of the Altaii people. Come near and I will tell you of Lanta, the City of Twelve Gates, the Unconquerable, the Pearl of the Plain. I will tell you of the Twin Thrones of Lanta, and of the twin queens who ruled from them. I will tell of the Morassa and of Brecon and Ivo, who led them to war. I will tell of the Most High, and of the powers that covered the Plain in the Year of the Stone Lizard. Draw near and listen, or else time is at an end. The watering holes of the Plain are drying up, the fearsome fanghorn grow more numerous, and bad omens abound. Wulfgar, a leader of the Altaii people, must contend with twin queens, warlords, prophets and magic in hopes of protecting his people and securing their future. Elspeth, a visitor from another world, holds the answers, but first Wulfgar must learn to ask the right questions. But what if the knowledge that saves the Altaii will also destroy them?