Time has passed since the Rifter went into the sun, and while Wren has missed him terribly, she does not doubt that he will come back. She has tried to shadow her grief as she travels across Nevermor with what is left of the Wolf Pack, attempting to heal the land and restore it to its former state. But that task is made more difficult by plummeting temperatures, and the fact that the sun seems to be slipping further away. When a different sort of darkness comes over the land, Wren eventually discovers that not only may she be looking to preserve the world for Rifter's return, but she may have to save it from him as well.