No one promised Aleksei Drago an easy life, nor did he expect one. Growing up amongst the Ri-Vhan of Seil Wood, losing his mother and just as suddenly being torn from the forest folk, Aleksei had no choice but to make the best of being the son of a farmer on the Southern plains of Ilyar. Until insistent voices begin to fill his head with messages, "to go North."

But what happens when the monsters and figures of prophecy become horrifyingly real? Can Aleksei survive when the stakes are at their highest? Will he reforge himself into the man Prophecy demands he become? In a world of magic and Magi, of Fey Creatures, and Angels and Demons alike, how will this Aleksei survive his own contorted destiny?

This is the story of a seemingly-simple world gone mad, and the reality that every action, no matter how apparently benign, can serve to unravel terrifying truths. This is the story of Aleksei Drago and the people and lands he loves and must somehow save.