Vtoroy tom Avalonskogo tsikla, deystvie kotorogo proishodit v I veke nashey ery, vo vremena rimskogo vtorzheniya v Britaniyu, povestvuet o sobytiyah, proizoshedshih primerno za chetyresta let do sobytiy «Tumanov Avalona». Otdalennyy region Britanii. V Lesnoy obiteli taynyy krug zhrits i druidov hranit drevnie ritualy znaniy, istseleniya i magii, protivostoyaschie ekspansii Rimskoy imperii. Imenno zdes yunaya Eylan, rodivshayasya v zhrecheskoy seme, stanovitsya polnotsennoy zhenschinoy, i v ney rastsvetaet vnutrennyaya sila, o kotoroy devushka edva li smeet mechtat. Teper ona slyshit zov Velikoy Bogini - i ee torzhestvenno vybirayut v kachestve novoy Verhovnoy zhritsy. No snachala devushka slyshit drugoy golos - golos lyubvi k molodomu rimlyaninu Gayu, chya missiya - porabotit rodinu Eylan i unichtozhit vse ee obychai. Voyna, terzayuschaya serdtse zhritsy, vynuzhdennoy otrechsya ot vozlyublennogo v polzu svoey svyaschennoy sudby, otrazhaet burnye sobytiya ee vremeni... I tolko sama Eylan smozhet obresti put na zhiznennoy razvilke, kuda zavela ee vera.