In an age of Angels and men, a warning was sent to herald a Godforsaken foe. Over twenty-six hundred years later, the hour of man has finally come. At the forefront of that struggle is Grand Matriarch Ana'Lira Heartstone and her reluctant granddaughter, Rain. The blades are raised and a sisterhood of steel join Lira and Rain on a journey fraught with magic and death. The lost histories of men begin to unravel as the enemy assembles on every side. Now a prophet's words, a family's faith and a woman's love for a child are all that stand between mankind and utter destruction. Let the legend begin . . .