When a cosmic catastrophe occurs on what should have been a night of celebration, Utela is forced to abandon all she once knew. Having lost her home and her family, and with her already poor health deteriorating, she must rely on strength of will and unstable powers of clairvoyance to guide her South through the treacherous Great Forest. But will the land beyond the forest be her salvation, or are the people there just as monstrous as the beasts of the forest?