The beautiful princess Dione cared only to rescue her kingdom - until she looked upon the handsome sorcerer Fahne, from the land of mountainous air beyond, who was as irresistibly drawn to her as she was to him. And though she was promised to the great lord Vanand, she fled his embrace to brave the terrible fury of strange worlds and angry gods - and the sword of the jealous Vanand - to pursue with Fahne a love that offered them the answers to the elusive secrets of the universe.