Blaise died, murdered by Dame Solenn ap Maelweg. Merlin is destroyed, but in the midst of the storm, he becomes a most formidable warrior. For her part, Ahès is confident. She leads the assault of Avalon, but the more she progresses, the more she is tormented by her own memories. The child that she was once the haunt. Her youth spent in Avalon next to Lady Azenor resurrected. Ahès always knew that her ultimate fight would oppose her to the high lady of Avalon. But at the fateful moment, will she be able to make the right choice? Will she dare kill the only person outside Merlin whom she had never loved?