Leviathon has swum the deep waters for centuries always with a churning to hasten a path to freedom from the watery dungeon of Norththumberland Strait. There are others who liken its shores to unshakeaable bondage. Athena desires an end to Leviathon who with blazing breath would stamp out the life of her only living relative, her brother, Crossbow. She will win their safety even though her only hope is five thousand feet above ground in the form of Massingale, a fierce grizzled man exiled from all that makes normal worlds have order.