"You never hear someone die. You hear their pain, a prelude to their demise, but death is in the silence." Two warring nations, the Neroos and the Lima, have sought justice and peace from one another for centuries. Now Chism, a Lima soldier, is tired of the stories of long-forgotten wrongs, and he is bent on preserving what's left of his family at all costs. His brother Kalif, consumed by an inner fire, will go to any lengths to fill the void left by his murdered parents and sister. And Rayanna, a Neroos girl, is brutally forced into the Lima world and made to bear the heaviest burden of all.