A chance encounter at a campfire convinces Captain Daverell Kain he can end the war by walking away from it.

There is a child, a boy who may be the prophesied hero they need. Daverell must find him, persuade his mother of her son's true nature, and bring him to the legendary sword. A powerful weapon only the boy can wield that lies on the other side of a desolate, war-torn frontier full of enemy invaders, devious swordslingers, and worse.

Pellary, a novitiate of a holy sisterhood with the ability to see through the eyes of others, is called to a destination from which none have returned. This journey brings her face to face with an ancient evil, the Church's darkest sin and secret. She is given a dangerous mission at the center of the war and a much older battle.

Faith of the blind, a mother's love, and a quest for redemption will collide in a desperate struggle to kill the unkillable and save a nation.