Vidarian Rulorat, called the Tesseract, a powerful magic-user whose abilities spread across multiple elements, finds himself at war with the Alorean Import Company, a powerful cabal of merchants wealthy enough to buy nations. By opening the gate between worlds, Vidarian released the Starhunter, goddess of chaos. With her coming, wild magic returned to the world of Andovar, bringing with it shape-changers and strange awakened elemental technologies, including many-sailed ships powered by air magic, and mechanical automata lit from within by earth and fire. Now, Vidarian discovers that the Alorean Import Company is determined to eliminate two-thirds of this new life on Andovar in the hopes of hoarding more magic for themselves in a new, worldwide plutocracy. Along with his human, gryphon, and shape-changer allies, he must stop the Company if he is to safeguard any future for the diverse life of Andovar, including his and Ariadel's newborn daughter. With the existence of whole species hanging in the balance, Vidarian is locked in a race for the future of the world.

Erin Hoffman is the author of The Chaos Knight books Sword of Fire and Sea and Lance of Earth and Sky. Born in San Diego, California, she now lives with her husband, two parrots, and a dog in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her eclectic college degree landed her in the strange waters of video-game design, where she tells stories using a diabolical combination of character, controller, and math. A graduate of the Odyssey Fantasy Writers Workshop, her games have been played by over four million kids and adults worldwide. Visit her online at www.erinhoffman.com and on Twitter @gryphoness, and join the World of Andovar at www.facebook.com/andovar.world.