Fordwin and his friends seek out the notorious River Pirate, Captain Lornlake, for information on where to find Adeline and the Sorcerer. Aedwin deals with the rising tensions at home without her brother.
Fordwin, Edelle, Mirielle, and Oswin run into bandits, but make a new ally. Princess Aedwin welcomes Ostrimar to Lorn. Adeline tries to figure out the Sorcerer's plans.
Edelle and Mirielle face their dark past and a new villain emerges to hunt them. Adeline discovers the secrets of her captor as Fordwin wrestles with telling his companions the truth about his father's murder.
