Venturing into the divine realm called Goddessoma, Saina witnesses the onset of a fatal spiral for the Ten Abodes. Corruption, betrayal, murder, invasion. No one could foresee it-not even his teachers in the Sulatin Order, founded to assure its impossibility. Now he is catapulted from witness in the aethereal world to initiator of rebirth in the mortal world.

Abandoned to the cloistered celibate life in his monastery, Saina is ill-prepared to devise plans, marshal allies, or wield weapons. A seasoned general, a royal daughter, and a rogue monk offer inspiration, but his authority must come from the contents of a mislaid scroll together with his access to Goddessoma.