Fourteen years after the rise of Ahrik, Anda is an algae farmer on Moon. His crop fails, then his wife is abducted by traffickers as she makes her way to provide for the family down on Home. Anda must take his ailing daughter with him to find her, and he is forced to face the ghosts of his past: Queen Zharla, the woman he once loved; and Ahrik, his estranged brother, who is now the king consort.

Anda cannot tell if they mean him good or ill, and he slowly learns that the fate of his dear wife and daughter depend on him knowing which it is.