Born in a time of rising conflict between God's chosen and those who stood against them, cousins Kathryn and Karem were brought together to be raised with the understanding that they would one day be called to fight. Although the circumstance and timing were never known to either of them or their family, when their settlement is attacked, and they are forced to leave their childhood home, they embark on a journey neither one of them are prepared to face, but with the help of a new friend, they finally come to realize the answers they never expected to find.