Deze epische saga duikt in een rijk waar mystieke wezens en mensen botsen, en weeft een complex verhaal van vervreemde erfgenamen en oude profetieën. Volg personages die vechten tegen hun voorbestemde lot en voor overleving in een wereld vol politieke intriges en krachtige magie. De serie presenteert grote conflicten en diep gebrekkige individuen die streven naar verbondenheid te midden van maatschappelijke afwijzing en dreigende duisternis. Het verkent thema's als oorlog, opoffering en de zoektocht naar identiteit in een land dat op de rand van vernietiging staat.
Sorne, the son of a mad King, is being raised as a weapon to wield against the mystical Wyrds. His father is planning to lay siege to the home of the T'En, whose wyrd blood is despised. Within the City, Imoshen is trying to hold her people together as the feud between the men of the Brotherhoods and the women of the Sisterhoods is about to explode.
Slowly losing himself to madness, King Charald has passed his verdict on the mystic Wyrds: banishment, by the first day of winter. Their leader, Imoshen, believes she has found a new home for her people, but many are still stranded amidst violence and turmoil. A reward is offered for their safe return, and greedy men turn to abduction...
The mystic Wyrds have been banished by King Charald, whose descent into madness grows ever steeper. Exiled and forced to set sail on the first day of winter, Imoshen's people are packed onto seven crowded ships. Tensions flare under the pressure and the all-fathers and all-mothers are put to the test controlling their hardened warriors.