Having come of age, the barbarian Thurion leaves his family and tribe to wander the wilderness as a nomad. Heeding no call but that of the wilderness's primal spirits, he eventually enters the principalities of Life and crosses paths with Celene, a princess of a ruling angelic caste, and child of the God of Life. Together they must overcome, not only the vast cultural divide that exists between them, but also the consequence of a high prince's grief and subsequent cataclysmic loss of