After being caught red handed attempting to steal from their noble host, Zan & Daphne awaken shackled in a Cairhien prison. Will Lemendora's rat-sister powers be enough to liberate her friends? Will Zan & Daphne be forced to try their abilities with the one power to force a way to freedom? And will Antion, the charismatic gleeman, prove himself friend or foe to the hapless Deven Riders?