Winter has finally loosened its grip on Clonbur. The fever that plagued the townsfolk is breaking, too, leaving the healer, Étaín ingen Diarmata, low on medicines. When the new Abbess forbids her from gathering much-needed herbs on abbey land, Étaín must venture far afield to replenish her supplies, a journey that takes her directly into the path of an ancient awakening evil.
