If you had all the myriad worlds to search, what would you be looking for?

Having finished her final mission, Kite has graduated and become a fully fledged Seeker, charged with carrying messages and completing missions for her world-walking people. Unfortunately, her new job has turned out to be rather dull, and she misses Saryth, the mage she rescued from slavery, now worlds away and studying magic properly at last. Kite's decision to spice up her travels leads to unexpected complications when her side trip lands her in a world on the brink of revolution. The common people of Iapheros have had enough of being ruled over by the magic-using nobles, and Kite and Saryth fall headlong into the middle of a revolution, landing on opposing sides of the power struggle...

If you had all the myriad worlds to search, what would you be looking for?

When the Watcher in Araithel fails to report in, Kite accepts the task of investigating his disappearance. She and Saryth have particular reasons for taking this on; Pyetr, the missing Watcher, is a friend of theirs, and they are familiar with Araithel. That's important, since it is a dangerous world for sorcerers, who are considered subhuman, feared and enslaved. Saryth knows the risks he faces, it's his home world. But what was supposed to be a quick visit will lead them on a longer and stranger route than they were expecting, to meet old friends, new challenges, and several people with whom both Kite and Saryth have unfinished business...