White Ash was taken from the Earth People as a child and raised among the Sun People, but the prophetic dreams that once made her an outsider continue to warn of cold, famine and war. When violence destroys her adopted family, she is rescued by a shaman whose own spiritual journey becomes bound to hers.
Their attempt to recover a powerful sacred object draws them into pursuit, rivalry and a struggle over the future of communities beginning to rely more heavily on gathered and cultivated foods. White Ash must decide where she belongs and whether her visions can lead people towards a new way of life rather than another cycle of possession and revenge.