Lyrua Kirkegaard, High Queen of Nythyemere, contemplates abandoning it all, but an assassination attempt forces her to action without time for preparations. With her loyal ravenfolk handmaid and her steel bodyguard, she aims to cross the sea to raise her family in the safety of a land that does not recognise her, but she can feel the Archangels' judgement upon her as she travels. Things only get worse when demons appear, and prove to be a match for their power.