On the run again with Sefia and haunted by memories of the impressors, Archer struggles to overcome his traumas until he realizes that he must fight those who inflicted it upon him and free those suffering. But the more he fights, the more his violence threatens to change him. Despite this, he and Sefia must find a way to prevent a war that could leave the entire world hanging in the balance. 13+ The sequel to the critically-acclaimed fantasy The Reader.