Where do you come from?
Where are you going?

Ciren and Charm have spent almost all their lives in the Collegiate. They've never questioned their allegiance to their patron or their faction. But how much do they really know about who they are?

Fleeing through a hidden Door with Morgan and Alex, they hope to prove that your enemy's enemy is your friend. But in the world of the Cacoethes they will discover wonders - and terrors - beyond anything they've seen before.

Meanwhile in the Mandala, a ring of twelve Doors, another group of teenagers is forming new alliances. Will Zoe persuade Caravaggion to reveal what he knows about the Library? Will Laura ever lift the curse that leaves her blind? And will Kal, the Archon in exile, ever find his lover or regain his throne?