Years ago shipowner Rysn Ftori lost the use of her legs but gained the companionship of
Chiri-Chiri a stormlight-ingesting larkin a species once thought extinct. Now Rysn's pet is
ill and any hope for Chiri-Chiri's recovery can be found only at the ancestral home of the
larkin: Akinah. With the help of Lopen the formerly one-armed windrunner Rysn must accept
Navani's quest and sail to the storm-shrouded island of Akinah from which no one has returned
alive. If the crew cannot uncover the secrets of the hidden island city before the wrath of its
ancient guardians falls upon them the fate of the entire Cosmere hangs in the balance.
