Gitte isn't looking forward to becoming Matriarch of her people.



But if all goes well, it won't happen for a long time. She thought she'd already found her true calling. Her life is filled with training mages, Imperium emergencies, and filling in for a leader who refuses to leave their planet.



But there's something she doesn't know.



Some place she's never heard of.



Some reason why she's about to find out about them.



And some one who wants her to step up and become what she's always been:



The Matriarch.