A sequel to "The Shadow of the Gryphon" and in the world of "Gryphendale." Thyme, the last Asri and Timothy's teacher in magic, gives Timothy a final request before he dies: don't become an Asri. Instead, go to the Nomad desert and search for the lost temple of Farahzah to recover the Gryphon Codex. Timothy and Arthur set off to fulfill this request as the Adder Warlocks attack Vervain and launch Samodivas into civil war. The Codex holds the answers to defeating the Adder Warlocks, but the desert is not what they expect. Danger lays around every corner. Their only hope of succeeding in their quest is in the secrets held by a mute slave girl with more power than should be possible.