After she is chosen to be "Bearer-of-the-god," Mirany questions the established order and sets out, along with a musician and a scribe, to find the legitimate heir of the religious leader known as the Archon.

Since the destruction of the Oracle, madness reigns in the Two Lands - and his name is General Argelin.Seth and the Jackal secretly gather a group of resisters, risking all in an attempt to save the Two Lands from Argelin's tyranny. Their last hope lies in the Underworld with the help of the priestess Mirany.