Her father-king wants war. Her messianic brother wants peace. The black god wants his due. She suffers all the consequences.
The Kingdom of Rezzia’s royal daughter and son command the powers of their patron gods, but still suffer torture from the blackest of the divinities. Lucia and Caio encounter tragedy, and struggle to understand why, as they face their father-king’s karma and strive to end his war.
Caio is the Haissem, a religious savior born every tenth generation, and he would rather heal the entire world than kill a single man. His father, desperate for victory after fighting for nine long years, turns over his role as spiritual-military leader and forces the duty on his son.
However, until Lucia leads Caio into the macabre underworld to find bitter answers from the black god who invaded her bed and dreams when she was ten, the gods will continue to ignore their chosen people and throw death in their faces.
On the other side of the conflict, Rao, a gifted young sage and the Prince of Pawelon, joins the war to defend his people from Rezzia's fanatical Haissem. Rao's spiritual principles collide with his army's general as he petitions for a decisive duel between himself and Rezzia's savior.