Eva of the Karlin has never believed in myths of the Raemir, the ancient people who traveled between worlds with their imaginations. She has always lived with her clan in the Nore, hiding from the impending threat of the Empire to the south. Filled with an uncanny, dismal fog, the realm beyond the Barriers at the edge of the Empire is dark and fraudulent. So when she receives a message from her uncle, a spy in the Empire’s castle, telling of a safe haven for her people, she knows she must join his quest to find her people a new home before the king conquers the Nore.

But as Eva and her clan journey north to the annual Gathering of the Wanderers, she discovers the milky white stone, carved into the shape of a bear the size of her palm. Upon her touch, magic courses through her, awakening her powers as a Raemir of the very myths she once doubted and bonding her with a powerful Beast.

The Empire is coming… will she and her team complete their quest before the Nore is captured?