The wordkeeper was taken; abducted from right under my nose. That left my final hope, the new wordkeeper. Anya's carefree teenage life is thrown into turmoil when her mother is abducted, passing on the mantle of wordkeeper to her. Her only ally for this task is a cursed immortal warrior. In another part of the country, village boy Bilal dismisses tales about a prophecy claiming he is a messiah. Until the day his dearest friend is killed in a case of mistaken identity. Anya and Bilal need to find each other so they can fufill the old prophecy and destroy their common enemy, the vengeful god who pursues them. The first of a trilogy, this book takes you on a breathtaking journey of fantasy and adventure, through modern cities, ancient cremation grounds, mythical planets and mystical mountains.