This book continues on the same vein as its predecessor, being set largely on Alaitoc, but this time Gav fleshes out the life of Eldar seers and in particular, just how their powers of foresight work thanks to 'the skein'. It's all plausible enough, within the context of 40k and the story, which overlaps with both the first and third books, serves to anchor the trilogy's entire narrative arc. Perhaps as a consequence of that, the story itself feels a bit less eventful than the other two but the book benefits from Thirianna being a far, far less self-centred and irritating protagonist than her two friends that narrate the other books.