When widowed Reywen stumbles upon a body in the woods, she must fight for her life and outrun a killer. Hunted to the very doorstep of a not-quite human creature, the real battle begins. Who is the greater danger: the murderer on her trail, or the entity who has given her refuge? Uncovering her own healing nature, the root of the evil who hunts her, and malevolence itself, Reywen is forced to reconcile her fears with her own strengths while struggling to protect those she holds dear. As violence spreads like disease and war threatens between kingdoms, can she heal those who have been infected? Can she defeat the very essence of evil itself?