In what is deemed to be a perfect society, an ancient pact with the forces of nature is broken by a desperate mother. Eighteen years later, a boy considered dead returns to his position as a prodigy - one of 11 people born every 20 years with exceptional powers and responsibilities.

He quickly begins his process of learning more about this society he has never been a part of and discovers the secret workings of the so-called flawless system the population seems to venerate.

This is a story of magic, of the un-relentless pull of nature, of a boy who needs to be a leader when he has never been anything else before. With a story set in multiple points of view, we get a better understanding of the world and the many layers of power that shape this land.