After a terrible accident, Grace retreats into silence & her horse, Pilgrim, is driven mad by pain. Her mother gambles that a healer, a horse whisperer, can heal both Pilgrim and her daughter.
Following the shattering of the glass castle and the deaths of his men, Chaol pursues recovery by searching for healers in the southern continent while trying to convince Dorian and Aelin to ally with him and Nesryn in order to avoid war.