Beautiful, strong Elina is forced to flee for her life and wonders if she will live to see another day. Nilan, an Inchant warrior, is leaving a kingdom, convinced there is no hope for the citizens there. Then Nilan discovers the battered human woman lying in the snow and is given a reason to hope once more. In a kingdom where good has been driven away by evil, and right is made to look wrong and wrong is accepted as good, these two souls find their destiny in each other-and are chosen for a calling only they can fulfill.