Indir, a Dreamer descended from a venerable line of seers, possessed of the gift of Dreaming truth, must fight for her homeland and herself when a new king is crowned, a king who has no love for the Dreamers' time-honored tradition. Meanwhile, Saya, a seer but not a Dreamer, having lived all her life on the road with her mother, who uses Saya's abilities to make money, begins to suspect their life of constant moving has actually been running away from a mysterious, dangerous something. Her life and the lies surrounding it crumble when she loses the necklace she has worn since birth, and she learns she has other gifts besides seeing.