Jenora of Edge wonders if her friends still live inside the pillar of fire they created. The young monk Pol is sent to investigate its link to an immortal threat. Their meeting sets in motion a quest for the source of evil in their world -- and gives them a new, unknowable ally on that quest. For the girl Ash is compelled to find that source: the Pendulum. The story begun in Pyre continues with new characters, new locations, and new adventures in wonder, light, darkness, and magic.