Man has turned his back on his brothers and a war, unlike anything anyone has ever seen, rages out of control. The knowledge and desire to broker peace has been lost and despair grips the population; still their remains the faint Shadow of Hope. Adam Carson, a young man orphaned by the atrocities of war, has only one person left to turn to-an ancient mystic woman plagued by visions and intuition-his grandmother. With her guidance, he discovers that the heart of a warrior beats in his chest as he struggles to save the earth from destruction in the worst war humanity has ever endured.