In a world of esoteric magic, spiteful immortals and flawed gods, Ivar and Sigrid find their newborn twins at the center of a cataclysmic prophecy reaching back to the dawn of time. Gods, heroes, villains both wicked and gentle. When schemes converge upon the fates of newborn twins, their parents must take a stand. Sigrid and Ivar give birth to twins on the day a god disappears and it becomes apparent that there are forces at work with the singular goal of acquiring their children. As the walls close in around her, Sigrid must balance the lives of her family against all of her country. When duty clashes against kin, what is a mother to do?