Conflict explodes when apprentice priest Kiel Caldwell arrives to explore rumors of new spiritual revelation, but he is kidnapped by a demon-possessed telepath who thinks he might be a predicted messiah. And when Kiel’s loose-cannon military brother Kinnor arrives to investigate, a local leader with revenge on her mind threatens to bring down ruin on them all. It’s up to returning Mikuhran diplomat Wind Haworth to head off a conflict that could have spiritual, political, and military consequences–but no one foresees the consequences of introducing Haworth to Federate military Sentinel Kinnor Caldwell.