In the time of the Sarmayan Empire, three young women and four men find what destiny has in store for them. Sonya is an orphan with secrets in her past. Felicity is a young Vicerine bound by a proud tradition and love of her family. Galatea is a product of prophesy capable of destroying the world or saving it. Traven is a young man lost in the plains and hunted, though he cannot remember why. Alecto is a Gilgi on a quest to free a goddess who has been imprisoned by the Dragods. Crassus is a barbarian from a distant land, who is hunting a monster that uses emotion as its weapon. Lucien is the son of an ancient and proud family. He is on his way to be knighted, but affairs of the heart soon uncover a dangerous secret.