Bestselling novelist Eileen Weir publishes the final book in her series, "Tales of Dorivalia," and her long-suffering fans are outraged; the hero falls, beloved characters die, and much of Dorivalia lies in ruins. When asked about the conclusion, Eileen shrugs and says, "Not every story has a happy ending. Sometimes tragedy is the only end." Eileen's forced to revise her opinion when a sudden attack has her waking up alone in the world of her own creation. Brontide, immortal sycophant of the goddess Anomaly and Dorivalia's magical king, has foreseen the approaching apocalypse, and his Magi have summoned their Creator to answer for her crimes. They give Eileen a choice; she must either find a way to change her self-written ending, or she will die with the rest of Dorivalia when the world is sundered in two.