Linden Avery has returned to the Land in search of her kidnapped son. There she discovers not only him--healed of the mental condition that kept him mute and unresponsive for so many years--but also the love of her life, Thomas Covenant, the man who has twice saved this world from evil. But Covenant seems somehow changed from the man she knew before, and Linden is unsure if she should heed his cry for help.