Skion, an orphaned farmer who has never given fate a thought, is chosen by a powerful goddess.
Commander Helia of the Band of Spears saves him, and the mercenaries take him in as their own.
Their search for the goddess of the moon draws unknown forces determined to kill him.
As a sapphic bond forms with Helia, Skion has to reckon with his trans identity and with what power truly means, even while her secrets risk mistrust and ruined hopes.
He can embrace the fate set before him, or he can try to destroy it.
