Amidst devastation and the near genocide of his people, Tristan is determined to rescue the very last of the survivors, even if he has to drag himself back up the mountain to do it. There was a staircase once which linked Temple Green and Celestial Ridge, a staircase which was torn down when the war began…a staircase which carried him to his lover. Tristan will once again climb the mountain to Celestial Ridge in order to rescue any remaining survivors. And after nine years of separation, he will face Trinity, his enemy and the man he still desperately loves.