Dovian never asked to be the Messenger of the Gods, especially not in an age when the Gods are preparing to leave and have little will left to share. Among the people of the Hundred Tribes, he becomes the least useful - and least wanted - Divine Messenger in history. Timid and marked by a difference no one understands, Dovian has long been overlooked, except by the Princess he secretly loves and can never reach. All he wants is a quiet life, untouched by fate or expectation. But when calamity strikes and ancient forces rise from every direction, Dovian must face a choice: deliver a message that could end an era... or destroy it completely.