A whisper jewel from Gwen Delvano calls Dirk t'Larien across space and beyond the Tempter's Veil to Worlorn, a dying Festival planet of rock and ice. Worlorn is slowly drifting through twilight to never-ending night; as the planet sinks into darkness, so its inhabitants face annihilation. Seven years ago, on Avalon, Gwen was Dirk's lover, his Guenevere; now, she wears the jade-and-silver bond of Jaan tony Riv Wolf high-Ironjade Vikary, a barbarian visionary, an outcast from his own people for his acts of violence. And Garse Janacek, Jaan's teyn, his shieldmate, is also bound to Gwen—in hatred. Dirk, a rogue and a wanderer, is called to be savior of the three who are bonded together in love and hate. But in breaking their triangle, he could lose all...