The world is not what it once was.

A once thriving and lush world, Yllsora has been thrust into an everlasting winter since the Black Shroud. The rule of the women granted power by the Divine — the Mother Blessed — is no more, as the Black Shroud has stunted the roots from which the Mother Blessed drew their power with a permanent frost, severing their connection with the earth and the power granted from the Divine.

As a Mother Blessed, Allyra Alsunia must contend with this new reality, for the last ten years have seen the rule of man. With a timeless greed for power, the machinations of the common man are now coming to a head with a wish for the eradication of all Mother Blessed, as their connection with the Divine thwarts their claim for power.

The news of these intentions comes bared by the sudden reappearance of Malik Dures, Allyra’s long-lost betrothed, who disappeared ten years ago after the Black Shroud. With him comes an attack from the common men and the reappearance of the Divine, sending Allyra on a quest to reignite the Mother Blessed’s power and save her kind from extinction.

Together, Malik and Allyra travel south, causing buried feelings to rise to the surface, all while something darker stirs beneath Yllsora, the truth of what happened the night of the Black Shroud threatening to emerge, shattering everything Allyra thought she knew about her world.

The truth is surfacing.

Divinity is dying.

Love is reemerging.

This is the beginning of the balance.