There is only one element over which the gods have no power whatsoever-free will. The goddess Asta tells her daughter this as the young woman prepares for the most crucial decision a godchild will ever make.

Long ago, as Asta prepared to enter mortal life, a dark force manipulated many godchildren into forfeiting their birthright as gods and joining the Fallen, the legion of wicked spirits who wreak havoc on the living. Narrowly escaping this trap herself, Asta and her friends were born into the Forge. In this mortal world, they found themselves fighting a civil war to liberate the throne of Vinnea from a murderous conspiracy. Along the way, they faced tragedy, found love, and rediscovered who they were meant to become.

Armed with these stories, will Asta's daughter evade the Fallen and embrace her godly birthright? Or will she be manipulated by the same darkness that nearly destroyed her mother?