Wren Varankai is destined to become a heroic Shuv'hani, a clairvoyant medicine woman said to possess powers over the earth, seas, and air. Equally strong predictions warn she will face death and danger in a land torn by war. Separated from her family, she dedicates herself to the fight against slavery, serving as a spy for the Underground Railroad and a nurse in America's Civil War. Can she fulfill a destiny of greatness, or will she meet her death and lose her loved ones forever?