Brin has never ventured beyond the winding Roads.

Her days are spent hauling water between scattered villages, caring for her ailing mother, and dreaming of a life that stretches farther than the next hill. It is a simple existence—until familiar roads begin to feel strangely unfamiliar. Travelers carry unsettling rumors, old friends return with troubling news, and long-buried secrets begin to stir beneath the surface of the quiet world Brin has always known.

When an unexpected act of violence tears Brin from everything she has ever loved, she is thrust into a conflict far older—and far greater—than she could have imagined. To survive, she will have to confront forgotten histories, impossible choices, and the unsettling question of who she truly is.