Jovan of the Grainfolk is captured and forced to participate in the kidnapping of a bride from a wedding. When things go the way he didn't expect, Jovan must find the answer to the question: how can something good grow in a world where only evil exists?

In divided City, one man wants to ascend the throne without caring about the victims. In a world of conspiracies, secrets and death, one girl is left to her own devices. Former lovers, divided by ambition and grief, must become either eternal allies or enemies forever...

Fleeing from their pursuers, the surviving Grainfolk find a long-lost treasure. Faced with the truth, they must accept a game of cat and mouse in order to survive.

In the short history of Jovan's upbringing on the Grainfolk estate, the story of the beginning of their suffering is told. Blackmailed by the City, they have no choice but to turn to their old custom - the sword that chooses the hero.