With five of the Orbs of Peace still at large and threatening the world's survival, Cinder and Anya set forth to acquire them by any means. But their efforts-be it through simple ruses, espionage, or even war-are doomed if they cannot first shatter the falsehoods that warp their very memories.

Are they the Blessed Ones of prophecy or simply broken avatars? It is a question without an easy answer, hindered as it is by deceptions that aren't so easily overcome.

And while there is hope, even with the aid of faithful allies-the Shokans, redeemed wraiths, and a heretofore unknown daughter-if Cinder and Anya cannot forge a new path together, the heart of who they are will be irrevocably broken... And the world with it.