Yangchen's inexperience may prove to be her greatest asset ...

Plagued by the voices of Avatars before her for as long as she can remember,
Yangchen has not yet earned the respect felt for Avatar Szeto, her predecessor. In an
era where loyalty is bought rather than earned, she has little reason to trust her
counsel. When Yangchen travels to Bin-Er in the Earth Kingdom on political
business, a chance encounter with an informant named Kavik leads to a wary
partnership. Bin-Er is a city ruled by corrupt shang merchants who have become
resentful of the mercurial Earth King and his whims. To extract themselves from his
influence, the shangs have one solution in mind: a mysterious weapon of mass
destruction that would place power squarely in their hands. As Yangchen and Kavik
seek to thwart the shangs' plan, their unlikely friendship deepens. But for Yangchen to
chart her course as a singularly powerful Avatar, she must learn to rely on her own
wisdom above all else.

This propulsive third installment in the Chronicles of the Avatar series illuminates
Avatar Yangchen's journey from uncertain young woman to revered leader.