Elena bears the mark of the wit'ch upon her palm, the crimson stain that testifies to an awesome power of unimaginable potency. Only a mistress of blood magick can stand against the evil of the Dark Lord, but Elena is not yet the mistress of her magick. Protected by an ageless warrior and a band of renegades, she quests for a lost city where prophecies speak of a mystic tome that holds the key to the Dark Lord's defeat--unless the Dark Lord finds...

The fourth book of the 'Banned and the Banished' series begins as Elena and her army have defeated the forces of evil and released the arcane secrets of the Blood Diary. The Darklord however has unleashed the Weirgates leaving Elena and her forces with no option but to find and destroy all of the gates.