Val, a young man betrayed by his loved ones and cast out for being a dall''''in, a beast controlled by it''''s endless hunger. Dall''''ins'''' are remorseless and pitiless, with barely a mind of their own. Cast out and forced to flee from those hunting him, he runs to the Kuran mountain range and attempts to hide. Where will he be taken in this world of blood and iron, when he begins to hear a voice urging him forward to greater heights, what will he do to obtain power immemorial?