Those who live in lush comfort on the bright side of the small planet Corista have plundered the water resources of Shadow side for centuries, ignoring the existence of Shadow side's inhabitants, who are nothing more than animals. Or so the Brightsiders have been taught. It will take a special young woman to expose the truth - and to help avert the war that is sure to follow. A course they can't choose, a warning no one will believe...Oriannon and her friends Margus and Wist hurtle through space on a dangerous mission. And their enemy is with them - Sola, blinded in battle but rescued from death by Oriannon, is on board their spacecraft. The odd crew flies from way station to way station to deliver a warning from Mentor Jesmet. But is there really a threat from a people no one has ever seen? Or is Oriannon as 'blind' as Sola and her vision of her dead mentor's warning only an illusion? In faith, she races toward a destination that only she can see.