Exposed as the Second Dreamer, Araminta has become the target of a galaxywide search by others equally determined to prevent--or facilitate--the pilgrimage into the Void. An indestructible microuniverse, the Void may contain paradise, but it is also a deadly threat. For the reality that exists inside its boundaries demands energy drawn from planets, stars, galaxies--from everything that lives. Meanwhile, the story of Edeard, the Waterwalker, continues to unfold. With time running out, Inigo, the First Dreamer, must decide whether to release Edeard's dangerous final dream. And Araminta must choose whether to run from her responsibilities or face them down, with no guarantee of success or survival. But all these choices may be for naught if the leader of a rival faction enters the Void. For it is not paradise she seeks there, but dominion.


阿拉米塔是第二個作夢者的身分曝光後，成了全星系的搜尋目標，部分的人想依靠阿拉米塔促成進入虛空的朝聖行動，另一方則矢志阻止。虛空是個無法被摧毀的微型宇宙，可能存在著天堂，卻也是個致命威脅。虛空內部一切的存在需要從周圍環境汲取力量，包括行星、恆星、整個星系，乃至任何有生命的事物；同時，關於水行者艾迪德的故事不斷被揭露。時間越來越緊迫，最初的作夢者伊尼戈必須決定是否釋放艾迪德危險的最後夢境，阿拉米塔則必須選擇是要逃避自己的責任，還是要在不知能否成功與倖存的情況下勇敢面對。然而，一旦敵對派系的領袖進入虛空，所有選擇都可能徒勞無功，因為她所追求的不是虛空中的天堂，而是徹底的統治。