Thgindim Mountain is divided by rank. The rich live lavishly near the summit while the poor starve at the bottom and are beaten to dust by the brutal police force crawling their streets. Raine Ylevol has just been proclaimed as an adult, giving her the opportunity to leave her dull life and low-status at home and receive a career to drive forth her future. However, just as she believes she could be settling into the next dull stage of life-- an avalanche plows through it all, and with it, a girl caught among the rocks, a boy with a wolf who dwells in shadows, and a treasonous secret that ties...

Nearly a month after her banishment, Raine Ylevol is still alone in the treacherous woods of Mythland valley. On a quest to find her missing companion and make it to the kingdom on the other side of the valley, Raine must survive all that the forest throws at her- whether it be genetically-altered beasts, a dangerous band of refugees, vicious storms, or the assassin sent to make it sure she won't live to see what lies beyond the trees.