Alex and Jamie have settled into a comfortable and relaxed life as travelling ambassadors for the kingdom of Taneria. Settling for most of the year in the gentle warmth of the city of Fundis, they have just enough work to keep them both busy. Still, something is missing - that deep-felt desire for travel and adventure that brought them together.
A relaxing break with new-found friends is cut short by a visiting delegation from the northern continent. They bring with them a tale of impending disaster that threatens the peace and tranquillity that they have worked so hard to foster. Famine, war and hardship on a planetary scale looms.
The promise of new adventure draws them in, but can their combined abilities and resourcefulness prevent the disaster that threatens them and restore the power of The Star of the North.