The Feleine priest-king is on the verge of dying. A small band of warriors are sent to retrieve a cure that only grows in the neighboring valley, the home of their mortal enemies.
They soon find themselves splitting up, hunted, and running for their lives.
Injured and alone, Morlithis must traverse a perilous pass to return home while his counterparts flee several hunting parties of Kiernane warriors, their mortal enemies.