Things are not well within Ramora's walls. Over the past few months the Weyr has been plagued by murders and the murderer still runs free. The culprit, the self-proclaimed Chosen One, has a goal to wipe out the Weyr starting with the ‘mutants’, and leave them unable to survive the oncoming threadfall. The Weyr waits in fear. With a wher hatching to begin any day, Ivory Queen Marikath sitting on the sands with a new ivory egg between her paws, and the threat still looming overhead, tension is at breaking point.
Now that winter has arrived, the leaders of the Weyr are trying to prepare a gather to boost morale. However with the Chosen One on the loose, there are whispers that the gather will only provide him with the perfect opportunity to further his goal.